Italo Terzoli (18 January 1924 – 13 May 2008) was an Italian author, playwright, screenwriter, television and radio writer.
Born in Milan, Terzoli started his career as a playwright in the early 1950s, collaborating first with Carlo Silva and later with Renzo Puntoni a number of musical comedies for popular comedians of the time such as Walter Chiari, Sorelle Nava, and the couple Sandra Mondaini and Raimondo Vianello.[1][2] In the 1960s he wrote a number of stage comedies together with Marcello Marchesi.[1] In 1971 he started a proficuous collaboration with the writer Enrico Vaime; 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][2]
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- ^ a b c d Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
- ^ a b Maurizio Porro (16 May 2008). "Addio a Terzoli Firmò con Vaime trent' anni di tv". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 14 July 2015.