In the meantime, De Crescenzo continued to cultivate his passion for writing: success came in 1977 with Così parlò Bellavista, his debut novel, which offers the reader a cross-section of Naples (and beyond) as seen through the eye of the protagonist, Professor Bellavista, who became famous for his somewhat philosophical lectures.Īnd philosophy was another great passion of De Crescenzo’s: numerous are his popular essays on the subject. 18, 1928, De Crescenzo graduated in hydraulic engineering from the Federico II University in Naples and, after working several jobs between Rome and Naples unrelated to his degree, moved to Milan where he began working in the public relations office of IBM. Writer and director Luciano De Crescenzo passed away today in Rome after a long illness at the age of 90. Farewell to Luciano De Crescenzo, the Neapolitan writer known for his popular essays on philosophy.
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