Andrea Camilleri

Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (died 2019)

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Born: September 6, 1925
Died: July 17, 2019
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1925

About Andrea Camilleri

Andrea Calogero Camilleri was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels. Andrea Calogero Camilleri (Italian pronunciation:; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels. Camilleri wrote his first novel, Il Corso Delle Cose ("The Way Things Go"), in 1978. Asteroid 204816 Andreacamilleri, discovered by Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Casulli in 2007, was named in his honour. In 1994, Camilleri published La forma dell'Acqua (The Shape of Water), the first in a long series of novels featuring Inspector Salvo Montalbano, a fractious detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town.

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Andrea Camilleri timeline

1925Andrea Calogero Camilleri (Italian pronunciation:; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels.
1978Camilleri wrote his first novel, Il Corso Delle Cose ("The Way Things Go"), in 1978.
1994In 1994, Camilleri published La forma dell'Acqua (The Shape of Water), the first in a long series of novels featuring Inspector Salvo Montalbano, a fractious detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town.
2007Asteroid 204816 Andreacamilleri, discovered by Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Casulli in 2007, was named in his honour.

The world when Andrea Camilleri was born

Andrea Camilleri was born in 1925. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1925

#1 song"Sweet Georgia Brown"
Top movieThe Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin)
Best-selling bookThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentRed Grange signs with the Chicago Bears
Top headlineThe Scopes Trial captivates America
Technology milestoneTelevision demonstrated by John Logie Baird
Defining fadCharleston dance craze
Notable inventionMasking tape
World population1.98 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
U.S. population115.8M

1925 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Andrea Camilleri's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1925	2026
Gas	$0.22	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,900	$435,000
Average income	$3,600	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	115.8M	341 million

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