Enrico Vaime
Enrico Vaime (19 January 1936 – 28 March 2021) was an Italian author, playwright, screenwriter, television and radio writer and presenter.
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Born in Perugia, after graduating in law in 1960 Vaime was employed by RAI, but he resigned almost immediately in order to have a wider artistic freedom.[1] In 1963 he debuted as a playwright with the comedy I piedi al caldo, which was banned by Italian censorship shortly after its first representation at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto.[1] In 1971 he started a proficuous collaboration with the writer Italo Terzoli; their debut novel, Amore significa, was a bestseller and got over thirty editions.[1] From 1977, the couple also wrote a series of musicals and comedy plays for Garinei & Giovannini.[1] Vaime is also author of several essays, notably Il varietà è morto (1989).[1] He is the author and presenter, since 1978, of the variety show Black Out, one of the longest running radio programs in Italy.[2]