Bruno Leone

Anna Leone (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle)

Dates

Born 15 Nov 1949
Activity 1979-ongoing

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Performer (theatre)
Playwright / Dramatist
Puppeteer
Sculptor
Theatre Director

Other

Architect

Resources

Bruno Leone was born in Montemurro (Potenza) on 15 November 1949, the third son of Lucanian painter Maria Padula (1915-1987) and Campanian artist Giuseppe Antonello Leone (1917-2016). His other siblings were also born in Montemurro, the birthplace of Maria Padula where the family lived: Nicola Giuliano (1943-2020), Silvio Domenico (1946), and Rosa Maria called Rosellina (1951). In 1952, Giuseppe Antonello Leone obtained a teaching position in Salerno, and the family moved to Vietri sul Mare. Here Bruno attended an opera dei pupi show – a representation of Il Guerrin Meschino [Wretched Guerrin] – and heard the voice of Pulcinella for the first time, from a puppet theater set up on Salerno’s seafront. In 1957, the family moved to Naples, where Bruno remained to study together with his older brothers, even after 1967, when his parents and sister...

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Citation: Leone, Anna. "Bruno Leone". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 April 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15004, accessed 17 December 2025.]

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