BOOKS Maurizio Milani among those called up to the “national team of smiles”

Eight masters of Italian humor. A sort of “national team of smiles”, to use a football metaphor. And in this team of champions of laughter there is Maurizio Milani. Nothing to say: a great satisfaction for the comedian and writer from Codogno (born Carlo Barcellesi) who found himself “summoned” by Giulio D’Antona, writer, journalist and producer, editor of the book “Humor” published by Bompiani which is a true anthology of laughter that becomes literature, raising “laughter” to an effective antidote to counter the evils of our times. From sadness to boredom, from living ache to stress, from anxiety to depression. The eight stories written for “Humor” serve precisely this purpose, the “signatures” involved see alongside Milani some “big guns” of national humor such as Saverio Raimondo, Chiara Galeazzi, Walter Fontana, Francesco De Carlo, Michela Giraud, Lia Celi and Paolo Rossi. «D’Antona is a fine connoisseur of humorous literature, his intent was to make a book that fell precisely into this genre, which was not a book of comedy alone – explains Milani -; this is why I feel flattered to be among the eight he selected for this anthology. A great satisfaction.”