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'''Francesco Guccini''' ({{IPA|it|franˈtʃesko ɡutˈtʃiːni|lang|Francesco guccini pronunciation.ogg}}; born 14 June 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and writer. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and [[Hardboiled#Noir|noir]] novels, and a [[Script (comics)|comics writer]]. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, [[Lexicography|lexicographer]] and [[Dialectology|dialectologist]].

Guccini moved to [[Sambuca Pistoiese|Pàvana]] during World War II, then returned to [[Modena]] where he spent his teenage years and established his musical career. His debut album, ''[[Folk beat n. 1]]'', was released in 1967, but his first success was in 1972 with the album ''[[Radici (album)|Radici]]''. He was harshly criticised after releasing ''[[Stanze di vita quotidiana]]'' and answered his critics with the song "L'avvelenata". His studio albums production slowed down in the nineties and 2000s, but his live performances continued being successful.

His lyrics have been praised for their poetic and literary value and have been used in schools as an example of modern poetry. Guccini has gained the appreciation of critics and fans, who regard him as an iconic figure.<ref name="le"/> He has received several awards for his works; [[39748 Guccini|an asteroid]], a cactus species and a butterfly subspecies have been named after him. The main instrument in most of his songs is the acoustic guitar.

A leftist, although not a [[communist]], Guccini dealt with political issues and more generally with the political climate of his time in some songs, such as "La locomotiva" or "Eskimo".

==Origins==
Guccini was born in 14 June 1940 in [[Modena]], Italy.<ref name=le4/> His father from [[Tuscany]], Ferruccio Guccini, was a postal employee, and his mother from [[Emilia (region of Italy)|Emilia]], Ester Prandi, was a housewife. While his father served in the Italian military during [[World War II]], Guccini lived with his grandparents in a small village in the [[Apennine Mountains]] in northern [[Tuscany]] called [[Pàvana]], where he spent his childhood.<ref name=or1/> His years spent in the somewhat archaic society of the mountains of [[Central Italy]] was to be a strong inspiration throughout his career, and it became one of the key recurring themes of his songs and books.<ref name=or2/>

When World War II had ended, Guccini moved back to his family in Modena.<ref name=or4/> He studied at the Istituto Magistrale Carlo Sigonio, the same school [[Luciano Pavarotti]] had attended, earning his high school diploma in 1958.<ref name=or3/> Guccini spent his teenage years in [[Modena]], as he later recounted in his second novel ''Vacca d'un Cane'' and in songs including "Piccola Città", which paints a bitter portrait of the city as "a strange enemy".<ref name=or5/>

==Youth and musical beginnings==
[[File:Francesco Guccini La Locomotiva.JPG|thumb|250px|Guccini singing "La locomotiva"]]
Guccini's first job was as a teacher at a boarding school in [[Pesaro]], but he was fired after a month and a half. He then worked as a journalist at the ''[[Gazzetta di Modena]]'' for two years.<ref name=ymfj/> In April 1960, Guccini interviewed [[Domenico Modugno]],<ref name=ymbd/> who had just won two consecutive [[Sanremo Music Festival|Sanremo Festivals]]. This inspired Guccini to write "L'antisociale", his first composition as a singer-songwriter.<ref name=ymb1/><ref name=ymb2/> In 1958 Guccini was guitarist and vocalist in a group first called Hurricanes, then Snakers and finally Gatti.<ref name=ymbhs/> The group included Pier Farri (drums), who would later become Guccini's producer; Victor Sogliani (saxophone), future member of [[Equipe 84]]; and Franco Fini Storchi (guitar). Guccini wrote his first songs while in the Snakers, in a style inspired by [[The Everly Brothers]] and [[Peppino di Capri]]. The group performed for two years, touring around Northern Italy and Switzerland.<ref name=ymb3/> In 1961 the Guccini family moved to [[Bologna]], and Francesco enrolled at the [[University of Bologna]] to study foreign languages. The next year he undertook mandatory military service, an experience he described as "substantially positive".<ref name=ymms/> When he returned to Bologna, Guccini was asked to join the band [[Equipe 84]], but he declined to continue his studies.<ref name=ymcs/> He later quit university just before taking his degree (he was conferred a [[degree honoris causa]] in [[science education]] in 2002).<ref name=awa7/> The band Cantacronache was an important influence in Guccini's artistic growth,<ref name=ymic/> as was [[Bob Dylan]].<ref name=ymbb/>

==Debut (1967–1969)==
Record Producer [[Compagnia Generale del Disco|CGD]] commissioned Guccini to write a song for the 1967 [[Sanremo Festival]], "Una storia d'amore", to be sung by [[Caterina Caselli]] and [[Gigliola Cinquetti]]. The song, though, was not selected for the event,<ref name=de1/> and Guccini was embittered by the edits made by two lyricists engaged by CGD.<ref name=de2/> Guccini made his debut as a singer-songwriter in March 1967, with the album [[Folk beat n. 1]],<ref name=fbn1/> which received little commercial success.<ref name=leo/> Three of the songs recorded for the album had previously been successes for [[Nomadi]] and Equipe 84: "Noi non-ci saremo", "L'antisociale", and "[[Auschwitz (song)|Auschwitz]]", the last of which was translated and sung in English by Equipe 84, as well as by [[Rod MacDonald]] in his 1994 album ''Man on the Ledge''.<ref name=rmcd/> Another song from the album, "In morte di S.F.", later renamed "Canzone per un'amica", was recorded by Nomadi in 1968. From 1965 onward, Guccini spent 20 years teaching Italian at the off-campus [[Dickinson College]], in Bologna.<ref name=leC/>

In May 1967 Guccini made his first appearance in television, on ''Diamoci del tu'', hosted by [[Caterina Caselli]] and [[Giorgio Gaber]] singing "Auschwitz".<ref name=dmdt/> He wrote several songs for Caselli and for [[Nomadi]], who made his song "Dio è morto" become widely popular; it became one of his most famous songs, despite being censored by the [[RAI]] for [[blasphemy]].<ref name=nmdm/> In 1968 Francesco Guccini translated [[Simon & Garfunkel]]'s hit song "Mrs. Robinson" into Italian; it was first covered in this version by the Italian [[Beat music|beat]] group {{ill|I Royals|it}} and later was recorded by [[Bobby Solo]] on his LP Bobby Folk in 1970. In 1968 the [[Gramophone record|45&nbsp;rpm record]] ''Un altro giorno è andato/Il bello'' was released; Guccini re-recorded the Side A song in an acoustic version for his 1970 album ''[[L'isola non-trovata]]''. His first concert was held the same year at the La Cittadella Cultural Centre in [[Assisi]].<ref name=1stc/>

==1970s==
[[File:Bologna-DSCF7190.JPG|thumb|Via Paolo Fabbri 43, the address in Bologna after which Guccini's album is named]]
In 1970 Guccini released his second album, ''[[Due anni dopo]]'', recorded in the autumn of 1969. The main themes of the album are the passage of time and the analysis of everyday life in the context of bourgeois hypocrisy,<ref name=dap2/> with a noticeable influence from French music<ref name=dap1/> and from [[Giacomo Leopardi|Leopardi]]'s poetic style.<ref name=dap/> After this album Guccini started his 10-year-long collaboration with folksinger Deborah Kooperman, who played [[fingerstyle guitar]] on it, a style mostly unknown in Italy at the time.<ref name=dkfs/> Eleven months after ''Due anni dopo'', the album ''[[L'isola non trovata]]'' was released. The title was a literary reference to [[Guido Gozzano]], and the song "La collina" contained a reference to [[J. D. Salinger]].<ref name=ggjs/> Guccini's fame began to spread beyond Bologna, partly thanks to the appearance in the TV show ''Speciale tre milioni'', where he sang some of his songs and befriended [[Claudio Baglioni]].<ref name=sptm/> In 1971 he married his long-time girlfriend Roberta Baccilieri, who was pictured on the back cover of his next album.<ref name=mar1/>

The turning point in Guccini's career was in 1972 thanks to the album ''[[Radici (album)|Radici]]'' (roots), about the perpetual search for one's origins. This was also conveyed by the image on the front cover of the album, portraying Guccini's grandparents and their siblings next to their old mountain home.<ref name=or2/> ''Radici'' contains some of his most renowned and popular songs,<ref name=radi/> such as "Incontro", "Piccola Città", "Il vecchio e il bambino", "La Canzone della bambina portoghese", "Canzone dei dodici mesi", and "La locomotiva", based on a real event and dealing with themes of equality, social justice and freedom, with a style similar to the anarchic music of the end of the 19th century.<ref name=ra1/><ref name=pol3/> In the same year Guccini brought [[Claudio Lolli]], a young singer-songwriter, to his record label, [[EMI]] Italiana.<ref name=loll/> He later wrote two songs with him, "Keaton" and "Ballando con una sconosciuta".

In 1973 Guccini released ''[[Opera buffa]]'', a light-hearted and playful album, which showed his skills as an ironic, theatrical and cultured [[cabaret]] artist.<ref name=cab1/> Guccini was perplexed by the release of the disc, especially because of its arrangements and because it was recorded live (with overdubs made in a recording studio).<ref name=opbu/> One year later ''[[Stanze di vita quotidiana]]'' was released, with a mixed reception by fans and critics.<ref name=sdvq/> It included six long and melancholic songs, a mirror of the crisis Guccini faced, worsened by constant disagreements with his producer Pier Farri.<ref name=pf/> Guccini received harsh criticism, including a slating by the critic Riccardo Bertoncelli, who said the singer songwriter was "a finished artist, who has nothing else to say".<ref name=ribe2/><ref name=ribe3/> Guccini answered with the song "L'avvelenata", a few years later.<ref name=lavv/>

Guccini had his first commercial success in 1976, with ''[[Via Paolo Fabbri 43]]'', which was the sixth best-selling album of the year.<ref name="seB"/> It was named after the address of the house in [[Bologna]] where he lived. He sang with a more mature and determined voice, and the musical structure was more complex than in his earlier works.<ref name=voic/> The album contained "L'avvelenata", a bitter and colourful reply to the criticism he received for ''Stanze di vita quotidiana'', which cited one of his critics, Riccardo Bertoncelli.<ref name=ribe3/><ref name=lavv/> Later Guccini was reluctant in performing the song during concerts, saying it was obsolete.<ref name=obso/><ref name=obso2/> {{Listen
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The title track was an abstract description of Guccini's life in [[Bologna]], which referenced [[Jorge Luis Borges|Borges]] and [[Roland Barthes|Barthes]]; it also mentioned the "three heroines of Italian song", Alice, Marinella and Lilly, three women from songs by Italian singer-songwriters [[Francesco De Gregori|De Gregori]], [[Fabrizio De André|De André]] and [[Antonello Venditti|Venditti]].<ref name=vpf/> Other notable tracks were "Canzone quasi d'Amore", characterised by existential poetry,<ref name=fdpg/> and "Il pensionato", about an old neighbour of Guccini, focusing on the sad psychological situation of some old people.<ref name=vpf/> Guccini's next album, ''[[Amerigo (album)|Amerigo]]'' was released in 1978. The most popular song was "Eskimo", but Guccini claimed the highest point was the title track, a ballad about an emigrant uncle of his.<ref name=vpf4/> In 1977 the weekly magazine ''Grand Hotel'' featured Guccini on the cover titled "The father every teenager would have liked to have". Guccini did not endorse the article, which was based on an interview he did not know would be published,<ref name="se"/> and commented: "I cannot understand how they chose that title, I write songs for an audience of people in their thirties, I do not see how an audience of sixteen year olds fresh out of school could relate with the things I say."<ref name="seA"/> In the same year, Guccini separated from his wife Roberta (the song "Eskimo" is about this event),<ref name=se7/> and started cohabitating with Angela. In 1978 they had a daughter, Teresa, to whom the songs "Culodritto" and "E un giorno..." are dedicated.<ref name=coh1/> In 1979 the live album ''Album concerto'', recorded in a concert with [[Nomadi]], was released. It was peculiar because the songs were performed in duet with [[Augusto Daolio]], and because it included previously unreleased songs: "Dio è morto", "Noi", and "Per fare un uomo".<ref name=voic/>

==1980s==
[[File:Francesco Guccini 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Guccini on stage]]
The first album released by Guccini in the eighties was ''[[Metropolis (Guccini album)|Metropolis]]'', which was characterised by the description of cities with a symbolic value: [[Byzantium]], Venice, [[Bologna]] and [[Milan]]. Their histories mingle with the distress caused by life in the city and with symbolic references.<ref name=metr/> The album had richer arrangements, with saxophones, bass guitars, drums, [[clarinet]]s, flutes, and [[zuffolo]].<ref name=ei1/> Byzantium is described by Guccini as a fascinating yet oppressive city at the crossroads of two continents and two eras. The song is set at the time of Emperor [[Justinian I]] (483–565), and there are many historical references to that period, that have been explained by Guccini himself.<ref name=metr2/> The narrator, Filemazio, who some critics believe to be a fictionalized Guccini,<ref name="ei"/> senses the decadence of his civilization and the coming of the end. The song was praised by critic Paolo Jachia, who described it as "moving and dreamlike".<ref name="ei"/> In 1981 Guccini was the co-author, along with [[Giorgio Gaber]], Sandro Luporini and Gian Piero Alloisio, of the musical ''Gli ultimi viaggi di Gulliver''.<ref name=guvg/> The eponymous song "Gulliver" was then included in Guccini's next album, ''[[Guccini (album)|Guccini]]'', which dealt with the same themes found in ''[[Metropolis (Guccini album)|Metropolis]]''. Songs in the album include "Shomèr ma mi llailah?" ("Watchman, what of the night?", from {{bibleverse|Isaiah|21:11}}),<ref name=bibl/> "Autogrill", about a love only dreamt of, and "Inutile", which narrates a day two lovers spent in [[Rimini]].<ref name=auto/> The subsequent tour was the first in which Guccini performed with a [[backing band]]; previously, Guccini used to perform solo, or with just one or two guitarists.<ref name=baba/> In 1984 the live album ''Fra la via Emilia e il West'' was released. It included live versions of many of his popular songs, recorded mainly at a concert held in [[Piazza Maggiore]] in [[Bologna]], in which several guests performed alongside Guccini: [[Giorgio Gaber]], [[Paolo Conte]], [[I Nomadi]], [[Roberto Vecchioni]], and [[Equipe 84]].<ref name=tvew/>

In 1987 the album ''[[Signora Bovary]]'' was released. Several of the songs portray people from Guccini's life: "Van Loon" is his father, "Culodritto" is his daughter Teresa, and "Signora Bovary" is himself.<ref name="tvew"/> Other songs include "Keaton", written with his friend [[Claudio Lolli]], and "Scirocco", an award-winning song about an episode in the life of the poet Adriano Spatola, a friend of Guccini.<ref name=qcn/> In 1988 the singer-songwriter released a live album, ''[[...quasi come Dumas...]]'', which included some of his songs from the Sixties, in a rearranged version. The title is a homage to ''[[Twenty Years After]]'', the novel by [[Alexandre Dumas]].<ref name=twya/>

==1990s==
In 1990 Guccini released ''[[Quello che non...]]'', which continued in the style of ''[[Signora Bovary]]''.<ref name=qcn/> Songs included in the album are "Quello che non" and "La canzone delle domande consuete", which received the [[Club Tenco]] best song of the year award.<ref name="tenco"/> Three years later, he released ''[[Parnassius Guccinii]]'' referencing a subspecies of butterfly which was named in his honour.<ref name=awa9/> The song "Farewell", included in the album, is a homage to [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Farewell, Angelina (song)|Farewell, Angelina]]", featuring its instrumental introduction and citing a verse ("The triangle tingles, and the trumpet plays slow").<ref name=90B/> The literary critic Paolo Jachia commented: "Guccini's enormous poetic and cultural effort has been opening the best tradition of Italian poetry to Dylan-esque ballads."<ref name=90A/> Other songs included in the album are "Canzone per Silvia", dedicated to Silvia Baraldini, and "Acque", composed for [[Tiziano Sclavi]]'s movie ''[[Nero (1992 film)|Nero]]''.

It was three years until he released his next album, ''[[D'amore di morte e di altre sciocchezze]]'', which achieved significant commercial success.<ref name=90C/> Tracks included are "Cirano", inspired by the play ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''; "Quattro stracci", about the ending of the relationship with Angela (the same woman to whom ''Farewell'' was dedicated);<ref name=90E/> "Stelle" about the feelings of powerlessness men feel when looking at the starry night sky; "Vorrei", dedicated to his new partner, Raffaella Zuccari, and "I Fichi", a farcical song.<ref name=90D/><ref name=90if/>

==2000s==
''[[Stagioni]]'' was Guccini's first album of the 2000s. The key theme is the passage of time and the different temporal cycles connected to it. Songs included are "Autunno", "Ho ancora la forza" (with [[Luciano Ligabue|Ligabue]]), "Don Chisciotte", in which Guccini takes the role of [[Don Quixote]], and his guitarist that of [[Sancho Panza]]), and "Addio", a song akin to "L'avvelenata".<ref name=stag/> The album and its tour were successful, with the unexpected presence of many young people among the audience, establishing Guccini as an iconic artist for three generations.<ref name=stai/> A special limited edition vinyl version of ''Stagioni'' was also released.

[[File:Guccini 2013.jpg|thumb|250px|Guccini in 2013]]
In 2004 Guccini released ''[[Ritratti]]''. Some of the songs contained in the album are imagined dialogues with historical figures, such as [[Odysseus]], [[Christopher Columbus]] and [[Che Guevara]].<ref name=ritt/> The first track of the album, "Odysseus", is on the theme of travel, and contains references to the [[Odyssey]], to [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] (Canto 26 of [[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]]), and to a poem by [[Ugo Foscolo|Foscolo]].<ref name=odys/> Another song in the album, "Piazza Alimonda", is about the [[death of Carlo Giuliani]] during the [[Genoa G8 summit#Protests|demonstrations at the G8 summit in Genoa]].<ref name=pol1/> ''Ritratti'' received critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching the number one spot in the [[FIMI]] Albums Chart, holding it for two weeks, and remaining in the chart for eighteen weeks.<ref name=ritr/> In the same year, lyrics from "Canzone per Piero" were included in a final upper secondary school exam";<ref name=lep/><ref name=lex/> Guccini claimed he was "embarrassed and glad" about being alongside [[Cicero]] and [[Raphael]].<ref name=eds/>
In 2005 the live double-album ''Anfiteatro Live'', recorded in the [[amphitheatre]] in [[Cagliari]], was released; it also included a DVD of the concert. ''Anfiteatro Live'' was a commercial success, holding the number one spot in the FIMI Chart for one month, and remaining in the chart for twenty-two weeks.<ref name=anli/> In 2006 Guccini received one vote in the 2006 [[Italian presidential election, 2006|Italian presidential election]].<ref name=twpe/> The same year, the triple-album ''The Platinum Collection'', containing 47 songs, was released as a celebration of his fortieth year as a musical artist. In October Guccini's official biography, ''Portavo allora un Eskimo innocente'' by Massimo Cotto, was published.

On 21 April 2008, an article on [[La Stampa]] affirmed that Guccini had stopped smoking, and that this had caused him to gain weight and lose his inspiration.<ref name=twla/> He denied it on 18 May 2008, in TV show ''Che tempo che fa''. In 2010 the [[Mondadori]] published ''Non so che viso avesse'', a book which contains a Guccini autobiography and, in the second part of the book, a critical essay edited by Alberto Bertoni.<ref name=twns/> [[Luciano Ligabue]], friend and colleague of Guccini, entitled him a song, "Caro il mio Francesco"  on his album ''[[Ligabue discography|Arrivederci, mostro!]]''. On 28 September 2010 the collection ''Storia di altre storie''  was released, with songs selected by Guccini himself.<ref name=stst/> In the same year the [[botanist]] Davide Donati named a new species of Mexican cactus, the Corynopuntia guccinii, after him. In the article about the discovery on the botanical magazine ''Piante Grasse'', Donati explained that he discovered the unknown plant whilst listening to Guccini's "Incontro", adding, "I could not have named it after anyone else."<ref name=twco/> On 25 April 2011, Guccini married for the second time, with Raffaella Zuccari, who had been his partner in the last fifteen years.<ref name="twla-2"/>

==Style==
{{Quote box |align=right| width=30%|qalign=left|salign=right|quote = Guccini is the voice of what was once called the "social movement". Now it's simply a voice of truth, of rock-like coherence with its own language and thoughts. In his works there's a never-ending discourse about irony, friendship and solidarity.|source = [[Dario Fo]]<ref name=sty/> |quoted = 1 }}
Guccini's lyrical and poetic style has been praised by many, including famous authors and singer-songwriters.<ref name=sty/><ref name="leB"/><ref name="leA"/> Fellow singer-songwriter [[Roberto Vecchioni]] said about Guccini: "he's not a singer of stories, he's a singer of thoughts and a singer of doubts", while Nobel Prize winner [[Dario Fo]] called him a "voice of truth".

Throughout his lengthy career, some defining characteristics stand out in his work, such as the use of different [[Register (sociolinguistics)|registers]], the literary references to several writers, and the use of a variety of themes to reach moral conclusions. His lyrics frequently have a metaphysical tone and [[Existentialism|existential]] motifs, and are often centered around portrayals of people and events.<ref name=onda/> Guccini's voice is baritonal, with a noticeable [[Rhotacism (speech impediment)|rhotacism]]. Most of his songs, especially early in his career, are [[folk rock]].<ref name=leo/>

Guccini has been seen as a sociopolitical chronicler and some of his songs express his opinion about a political issue. In "La primavera di Praga", he expressed criticism of the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Sovietic occupation of Czechoslovakia]] in 1968, and "Piccola storia ignobile" supported the [[Abortion in Italy|Italian abortion law]].<ref name=pdp/> "Canzone per Silvia" was dedicated to [[Silvia Baraldini]], and both "Canzone per il Che" and "Stagioni" were dedicated to [[Che Guevara]]. "Piazza Alimonda" was about the riots at the [[Genoa G8 summit|G8 summit]] in [[Genoa]] and "La locomotiva" was about the anarchic [[Pietro Rigosi]] running a locomotive at full steam towards death.<ref name=pol3/><ref name=pol1/>

Guccini defines himself an [[Anarchy|anarchic]],<ref name=pol/> and he expressed his thoughts about the relation between music and politics in his song "L'avvelenata"; "I have never said that with songs you can make revolutions, nor that you can make poetry"<ref name=avln/> ("''però non ho mai detto che a canzoni si fan rivoluzioni, si possa far poesia''"'').''

==Books==
[[File:Guccini1.jpg|thumb|250px|Guccini in 2006]]
In his career as a writer, Guccini published several novels and essays, experimenting with different genres.<ref name=bkmv/> His first novel, ''[[Cròniche Epafàniche]]'', was published by [[Feltrinelli (publisher)|Feltrinelli]] in 1989,<ref name=boce/> and was one of his most successful works.<ref name=boce1/> Although it is not explicitly an autobiography, it can be considered the first of three autobiographical books. It describes past events of [[Pàvana]], the town where he spent his childhood. Guccini recounts stories he heard from elderly people living on the [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] [[Apennines]]; critics praised the "philological accuracy" of the book.<ref name=boce2/>

His next two novels, ''[[Vacca d'un cane]]'' and ''[[Cittanòva blues]]'' were also bestsellers, and covered different periods of his life. ''Vacca d'un cane'' depicts a teenage Guccini in [[Modena]], as he realizes that the city's provincialism will be an obstacle to his intellectual growth,<ref name=bovc/> while ''Cittanòva Blues'' the last part of his trio of autobiographical books, tells of his time in [[Bologna]], seen as a "little Paris".<ref name=bocb/><ref name=bocb1/>

Guccini also collaborated with [[Loriano Macchiavelli]] for a series of [[Hardboiled#Noir fiction|Noir]] books, and published a Dictionary of the dialect of Pàvana which showed his ability as [[dialectologist]] and translator.<ref name=bkmv/><ref name=bo/>

Guccini has also worked as a [[comics writer]]. He is a lover of comics, and some of his songs reference them.<ref name=boco1/> He's been author and script writer of comics, such as ''Vita e morte del brigante Bobini detto "Gnicche"'', illustrated by Francesco Rubino, ''Lo sconosciuto'', illustrated by [[Roberto Raviola|Magnus]], and ''Cronache dello spazio profondo'', drawn by his friend Bonvi.<ref name=boco3/><ref name=cmcs/>

==Cinema==
Guccini's first experience as actor was in the 1976 movie ''Fantasia, ma non troppo, per violino'', directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi, in which he played [[Giulio Cesare Croce]], a poet who narrates the history of [[Bologna]].<ref name=cigm/> He then appeared in ''I giorni cantati'', a 1979 movie directed by [[Paolo Pietrangeli]], which featured two of Guccini's songs in its soundtrack, "Eskimo" and "Canzone di notte n°2"; ''Musica per vecchi animali'', a 1989 movie directed by Umberto Angelucci and [[Stefano Benni]];<ref name=ci1/> ''[[Radiofreccia]]'', the 1998 directorial debut of singer-songwriter [[Luciano Ligabue]];<ref name=cilg/> ''Ormai è fatta'', the 1999 movie directed by Enzo Monteleone.<ref name=cim/> In the 2000s he acted in three movies directed by [[Leonardo Pieraccioni]], ''Ti amo in tutte le lingue del mondo'' (2005),<ref name=cilp/> ''Una moglie bellissima'' (2007)<ref name=cil/> and ''Io & Marilyn'' (2009).<ref name=cip/> Guccini wrote the soundtrack of the 1977 movie ''[[Nenè]]'', directed by [[Salvatore Samperi]], and his song "Acque" featured in the soundtrack of ''[[Nero (1992 film)|Nero]]'', the 1992 movie directed by Giancarlo Soldi.<ref name=ci1/>

==Awards==
[[File:Corynopuntia guccinii flower.jpg|thumb|The ''Corynopuntia guccinii'' flower]]
Awards, accolades and recognitions received by Guccini:
* In 1992 he received the Librex Montale Award "Poetry for Music", for the song "Canzone delle domande consuete".<ref name=awaA/>
* In 1992, new subspecies of [[butterfly]] on the Tuscan-Emilian [[Apennines]], was named ''[[Parnassius mnemosyne]] guccinii'' in his honor.<ref name=awa9/>
* In 1997 [[Luciano Tesi]] and [[Gabriele Cattani]] discovered an asteroid, naming it [[39748 Guccini]].<ref name=awa10/>
* In 2001 his story "La Cena" was included in the anthology "Racconti italiani del Novecento" (I Meridiani – [[Mondadori]]).<ref name=awa8/>
* In 2002 the universities of [[University of Bologna|Bologna]], [[University of Modena and Reggio Emilia|Modena and Reggio Emilia]] awarded him an honorary degree in [[Science of Education]].<ref name=awa7/>
* In 2003 the ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) of [[Carpi, Emilia-Romagna|Carpi]] celebrated Guccini's fortieth year of career dedicating him the show "Stagioni di vita quotidiana".<ref name=awa6/>
* In 2004 [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] awarded him the title of Officer of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref name=awa5/>
* In 2004 he received the Targa Ferré, the award named after [[Léo Ferré]].<ref name=awa4/>
* In 2005 he received the award "Giuseppe Giacosa – Parole per la musica".<ref name=awa3/>
* In 2007, in [[Catanzaro]], he was awarded the "Riccio d'argento" for Best Singer-Songwriter Live Album.<ref name=awa2/>
* In 2008, in Carpi, he received the Arturo Loria award for his book of short stories ''Icaro''.<ref name=awa1/>
* In 2010 the [[botanist]] Davide Donati discovered a new species of cactus, naming it ''[[Corynopuntia]] guccinii''.<ref name=twco/>
* In 2012 he was awarded with an honorary degree by the [[American University of Rome]].<ref name=aur/>

From the [[Club Tenco]]:
* 1975 –  [[Premio Tenco]], career award along with [[Fausto Amodei]], [[Umberto Bindi]], [[Fabrizio De André]], [[Vinicius de Moraes]], [[Enzo Jannacci]].<ref name="tenco1"/>
* 1987 – [[Targa Tenco]] for the song "Scirocco".<ref name="tenco"/>
* 1990 – Targa Tenco for the song "La canzone delle domande consuete".<ref name="tenco"/>
* 1994 – Targa Tenco for the album ''[[Parnassius Guccinii]]''.<ref name="tenco2"/>
* 2000 – Targa Tenco for the song "Ho ancora la forza".<ref name="tenco"/>

Awards won in collaboration with [[Loriano Macchiavelli]]:
* In 1997 Guccini and Macchiavelli received the ''Alassio Literary Award, Un libro per l'Europa'', for the book ''Macaronì: romanzo di santi e delinquenti''.<ref name=alc2/>
* In 1998 Guccini and Macchiavelli won the 4th annual "Police Film Festival" in Bologna for the book ''Macaronì: romanzo di santi e delinquenti''.<ref name=alc1/>
* In 2007 Guccini and Macchiavelli won an award at the "Serravalle Noir 2007" for their novel ''Tango e gli altri – romanzo di una raffica, anzi tre''.<ref name=alc/>

==Discography==
* 1967 – ''[[Folk beat n. 1]]''
* 1970 – ''[[Due anni dopo]]''
* 1970 – ''[[L'isola non-trovata]]''
* 1972 – ''[[Radici (album)|Radici]]''
* 1973 – ''Opera buffa''
* 1974 – ''[[Stanze di vita quotidiana]]''
* 1976 – ''[[Via Paolo Fabbri 43]]''
* 1978 – ''[[Amerigo (album)|Amerigo]]''
* 1979 – ''Album concerto'' (live with [[Nomadi]])
* 1981 – ''[[Metropolis (Guccini album)|Metropolis]]''
* 1983 – ''[[Guccini (album)|Guccini]]''
* 1984 – ''Fra la via Emilia e il West'' (live)
* 1987 – ''[[Signora Bovary]]''
* 1988 – ''...quasi come Dumas...'' (live)
* 1990 – ''[[Quello che non...]]''
* 1993 – ''[[Parnassius Guccinii]]''
* 1996 – ''[[D'amore di morte e di altre sciocchezze]]''
* 1998 – ''Guccini Live Collection'' (live)
* 2000 – ''[[Stagioni]]''
* 2001 – ''Francesco Guccini Live @ RTSI'' (live)
* 2004 – ''[[Ritratti]]''
* 2005 – ''Anfiteatro Live'' (live)
* 2006 – ''The Platinum Collection''
* 2010 – ''Storia di altre storie''
* 2012 – ''L'ultima Thule''
* 2015 – ''Se io avessi previsto tutto questo... La strada, gli amici, le canzoni''
* 2017 – ''L'ostaria delle dame''
* 2019 – ''Note di viaggio''

==Bibliography==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
* ''Cròniche epafàniche'' (1991)
* ''Al Fatâz di Zardén Margarétta'' (1992)
* ''Vacca d'un cane'' (1993)
* ''Storie d'inverno'' (1994, with [[Giorgio Celli]] and [[Valerio Manfredi]])
* ''Novecento e Novecento'' (1995)
* ''Le parole del mugnaio a Pàvana e nella montagna fra Bologna e Pistoia'' (1995)
* ''Macaronì'' (1998, with [[Loriano Macchiavelli]])
* ''Dizionario del dialetto di Pàvana''
* ''Un disco dei Platters'' (1999, with Loriano Macchiavelli)
* ''Questo sangue che impasta la terra'' (2001, with Loriano Macchiavelli)
* ''Storia di altre storie'' (2001, with [[Vincenzo Cerami]])
* ''Lo spirito e altri briganti'' (2002, with Loriano Macchiavelli)
* ''Cittanòva blues'' (2003)
* ''La legge del bar e altre comiche'' (2005)
* ''L'uomo che reggeva il cielo'' (2005)
* ''Tango e gli altri, romanzo di una raffica anzi tre'' (2007, with Loriano Macchiavelli)
* ''Icaro'' (2008)
* ''Non so che viso avesse'' (2008)
* ''Malastagione'' (2011, with Loriano Macchiavelli)
{{col-break}}

===Comics===
* ''Storie dello spazio profondo'' (1975, with [[Franco Bonvicini|Bonvi]])
* ''Poche ore all'alba'' (1975, with [[Roberto Raviola|Magnus]])
* ''Vita e morte del brigante Bobino detto Gnicche'' (1980, with Francesco Rubino)
* ''Barbùn vs. Realtà'' (1981, with [[Filippo Scozzari]])
* ''Gerry Pompa'' (1983, with [[Massimo Cavezzali]])
{{col-end}}

==Filmography==
* ''Bologna. Fantasia, ma non-troppo, per violino'' (1976, actor)
* ''Nenè'' (1977, soundtrack)
* ''I giorni cantati'' (1979, actor as himself and soundtrack)
* ''Le lunghe ombre'' (1987, actor)
* ''Musica per vecchi animali'' (1989, actor)
* ''[[Nero (1992 film)|Nero]]'' (1992, soundtrack)
* ''[[Radiofreccia]]'' (1998, actor)
* ''Ormai è fatta'' (1999, actor)
* ''Il segreto del successo'' (1999, actor as himself)
* ''[[I Love You in Every Language in the World]]'' (2006, actor)
* ''[[A Beautiful Wife]]'' (2007, actor)
* ''[[Me and Marilyn]]'' (2009, actor)

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=le4>{{cite web|title=Guccini Francesco: Biography|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=Francesco Guccini was born in Modena on June 14, 1940|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233827/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=leo>{{cite web|last=Prunes|first=Mariano|title=Francesco Guccini|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/francesco-guccini-p199807/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="le">{{cite news|title=I 70 anni di Guccini – Esce un libro mappa delle sue opere|url=http://qn.quotidiano.net/spettacoli/musica/2010/06/11/344288-anni_guccini.shtml|access-date=19 October 2011|newspaper=Quotidiano|date=11 June 2010|language=it|quote=[Guccini] [...] has become an icon for whole generations of young people." "''Guccini [...] diventato un punto di riferimento per intere generazioni di giovani.''}}</ref>

<ref name=lep>{{cite news|last=Geminello|first=Alvi|title=Quel sollievo dalle calamità|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/giugno/17/Quel_sollievo_dalle_calamita_co_9_040617057.shtml|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=17 June 2004|page=15|language=it|quote=But it was also possible to write the essay thinking about music: Guccini's verses offered another honest way to do that." "''Ma il tema si poteva svolgerlo ripensando alla musica: le strofe di Guccini offrivano un ulteriore modo onesto per farlo.''}}</ref>

<ref name=lex>{{cite news|last=Mola|first=Giancarlo|title=Vince il tema sull' amicizia|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/06/17/vince-il-tema-sull-amicizia.119vince.html|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=17 June 2004|page=14|language=it|quote=The most appreciated topic was the friendship one, which tied with a red string thoughts of Cicero, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni and Francesco Guccini." "''La più apprezzata [traccia] quella sull' amicizia, capace di legare con un filo rosso riflessioni di Cicerone, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni e Francesco Guccini.''}}</ref>

<ref name="leA">{{cite news|title=Guccini in concerto come nella vita|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/genova/guccini_concerto_come_vita/13-11-2009/articolo-id=398783-page=0-comments=1|access-date=17 October 2011|newspaper=[[Il Giornale]]|date=13 October 2009|language=it|quote=[[Umberto Eco]] writes about him: 'Guccini is maybe the most cultured Cantautore...'" "''Scriverà di lui Umberto Eco: 'Guccini è forse il più colto dei cantautori''}}</ref>

<ref name="leB">{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Vecchioni: "De André, il Pirandello della canzone"|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/gennaio/15/Vecchioni_Andre_Pirandello_della_canzone_co_0_990115598.shtml|access-date=17 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=15 January 1999|language=it|page=39|quote=He [Fabrizio De André] was the only poet of singing-songwriting. The others, including me, except maybe Guccini, are good, not poets". ''"Lui [Fabrizio De André] era l' unico poeta della canzone d' autore. Gli altri, me compreso, con l' eccezione forse di Guccini, sono bravi, non-poeti"''}}</ref>

<ref name=leC>{{cite web|title=Guccini Francesco: Biography|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=from 1965 to 1985 he held Italian courses for American students at the Dickinson College in Bologna.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233827/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=odys>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Interview |url=http://www.mollica.rai.it/vinile/guccini_ritratti/guccini3.htm |publisher=[[RAI]] |access-date=31 October 2011 |language=it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425124122/http://www.mollica.rai.it/vinile/guccini_ritratti/guccini3.htm |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=list>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=100|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=or1>{{cite web|title=Guccini Francesco: Biography|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=[Guccini] spent the first few years of his life at his paternal grandfather's home in Pavana, a small town in the Apennine mountains in the province of Pistoia.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233827/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=or2>{{citation|last=Altomonte|first=Linda|title=Intervista a Francesco Guccini|url=http://www.asia.it/adon.pl?act=doc&doc=533|publisher=Centro Studi ASIA|date=5 December 2007|access-date=21 October 2011|language=it|quote=Roots are something I discovered at the beginning of the Seventies, when many wanted to erase the past and restart from scratch. I, instead, moved in the opposite direction, that is I tried to find my roots again [...] and in fact, the record that was released in '72 (Radici), had a picture of my great-grandparents with their four sons on the front cover" "''Le radici sono una cosa che ho scoperto all'inizio degli anni Settanta, quando molti volevano fare tabula rasa del passato e ricominciare da zero; io invece mi sono mosso nella direzione opposta, cioè cercare di ritrovare delle radici [...] infatti nel disco che uscì allora, quello del '72 (appunto Radici) c'erano nella foto di copertina i miei bisnonni con dietro i quattro figli''}}</ref>

<ref name=or4>{{cite web|title=Guccini Francesco: Biography|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=In 1945, Francesco returned with his family to Modena, where he attended school.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233827/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=or3>{{cite web|title=La "Festa del diploma" 2007|url=http://www.sigonio.it/index.php?sezione=area%20studenti&pmenu=varie|publisher=Istituto Magistrale Statale Carlo Sigonio|access-date=21 October 2011|language=it|quote=Francesco Guccini, ex student of the school [...] here studied at the then-called Istituto Magistrale Carlo Segonio, taking his diploma in 1958." "''Francesco Guccini, ex studente della scuola. [...] qui frequentò l'allora Istituto Magistrale "Carlo Sigonio", diplomandosi nel 1957.''|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112316/http://www.sigonio.it/index.php?sezione=area%20studenti&pmenu=varie|archive-date=25 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=or5>{{citation|title=from "Piccola Città", [[Radici (album)|Radici]]1972|quote=My strange enemy, you are far.." "''mia nemica strana sei lontana...''}}</ref>

<ref name=ymb1>{{cite web|title=Italica – Guccini Francesco: Biografia|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=guccini|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904172652/http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=guccini|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=23 October 2011|language=it|quote=the famous Il sociale e l'antisociale, for example, is dated 1961" "''la celebre "Il sociale e l'antisociale", ad esempio, porta la data del 1961.''}}</ref>

<ref name=ymfj>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|pages=26/35|language=it}}</ref><ref name=ymbhs>{{cite book|last=Rizzi|first=Cesare|title=Enciclopedia del rock italiano|year=1993|publisher=Arcana|author2=Beretta Fulvio|editor=Rizzi Cesare|language=it|quote=The name changes from Hurricanes to Snakers, and becomes Gatti when the trio joins the Marinos of Alfio Cantarella" "''La sigla cambia da Hurricanes a Snakes e diventa I Gatti quando i tre si uniscono ai Marinos di Alfio Cantarella''}}</ref>

<ref name=ymbd>{{cite book|last=Guccini|first=Francesco|title=Non so che viso avesse|year=2010|publisher=Mondadori|pages=71–74|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ymb2>{{cite book|last=Guccini|first=Francesco|title=Non so che viso avesse|year=2010|publisher=Mondadori|page=74|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ymb3>{{cite book|last=Guccini|first=Francesco|title=Non so che viso avesse|year=2010|publisher=Mondadori|pages=66–67|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ymms>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=46|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ymic>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=51|language=it|quote=The Cantacronache of Fausto Amodei, Sergio Liberovici and Michele Straniero were important for introducing me to the world of popular and anarchic songs." "''Importante fu il Cantacronache di Fausto Amodei, Sergio Liberovici e Michele Straniero, che mi introdusse nel mondo delle canzoni popolari e anarchiche.''}}</ref>

<ref name=twya>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=124|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ymbb>{{cite web|title=Italica – Guccini Francesco: Biografia|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=guccini|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904172652/http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=guccini|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2012|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=23 October 2011|language=it|quote=After coming back from the mandatory military service, he starts listening to Woodie Guthrie and Bob Dylan (and he will be inspired by the latter's '[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]' while writing 'Noi non-ci saremo'.)" "''Tornato dalla leva, conosce la musica di Woody Guthrie e Bob Dylan (proprio a quest'ultimo ed a 'Mr.Tambourine Man' s'ispira, per 'Noi non-ci saremo')''}}</ref>

<ref name=ymcs>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=62|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=de1>{{cite journal|last=Giovetti|first=Carlo|journal=Big|year=1966|issue=52|page=17|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=de2>{{cite book|last=Romano|first=Michelangelo|title=Roberto Vecchioni – Canzoni e Spartiti|year=1979|publisher=Lato Side|location=Roma|page=19|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=fbn1>{{cite web|title=Guccini Francesco: Biography|url=http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|publisher=[[RAI]] Internazionale|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=In 1967 he made his debut album, ''Folk Beat N.1''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233827/http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/topics/bio/guccini.htm|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=rmcd>{{cite web|title=Rod Mac Donald – Man on the Ledge|url=http://www.rodmacdonald.net/man_on_the_ledge.htm|access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=nmdm>{{cite web|last=Prunes|first=Mariano|title=Francesco Guccini|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/francesco-guccini-p199807/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=21 October 2011|quote=In 1967, one of his own compositions, the controversial "Dio è Morto," was recorded by I Nomadi [...]. The song caused quite a stir, as it was banned by the Italian Broadcasting Network RAI but praised by the Vatican.}}</ref>

<ref name="tvew">{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=123|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=dmdt>{{cite web|last=Betti|first=Federico|title=Francesco Guccini – Folk Beat n.1|url=http://www.storiadellamusica.it/Francesco_Guccini_-_Folk_Beat_n.1_%28La_Voce_del_Padrone,_1967%29.p0-r2151|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it|quote=It (the album) gained Francesco Guccini an appearance at the show Diamoci del tu, hosted by Giorgio Gaber and Caterina Caselli" "''procurò a Francesco Guccini la prima apparizione televisiva al programma Diamoci Del Tu, condotto da Giorgio Gaber e Caterina Caselli''}}</ref>

<ref name=1stc>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=69|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ra1>{{cite web|last=Agostinelli|first=Maria|title=Radici: ideazione e fortune|url=http://www.railibro.rai.it/articoli.asp?id=273|publisher=[[RAI]] Libro|access-date=23 October 2011|language=it|quote=the story of the Bolognese machinist who hurls the train against the power of the masters is taken by an anarchic book of the 1800." "''la storia del macchinista bolognese che lancia il treno contro il potere dei padroni è presa da un libro anarchico dell'Ottocento''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112316/http://www.railibro.rai.it/articoli.asp?id=273|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="seB">{{cite web|title=Hit Parade Italia – 1976 Best Selling Albums|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1976.htm|publisher=Hit Parade Italia|access-date=17 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=pdp>{{cite news|last=Semmola|first=Edoardo|title=Guccini dà i voti alla sinistra in concerto al Mandela|url=http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/spettacoli/2009/24-febbraio-2009/guccini-da-voti-sinistra-concerto-mandela-1501032301447.shtml|access-date=19 November 2011|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=24 February 2009|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=avln>{{cite news|last=Vecchi|first=Gian Guido|title='Vasco e Ligabue non-sono con voi' Duello tra il Secolo d' Italia el' Unità|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/luglio/20/Vasco_Ligabue_non_sono_con_co_9_050720024.shtml|access-date=30 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=20 July 2005|page=11|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=onda>{{cite web|last=Margiotta|first=Emanuele|title=Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie|url=http://www.ondarock.it/italia/francescoguccini.htm|publisher=[[Ondarock]]|access-date=30 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=mar1>{{cite news|last=Alberti|first=Francesco|title=La seconda volta di Guccini Matrimonio a 70 anni|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/marzo/16/seconda_volta_Guccini_Matrimonio_anni_co_9_110316016.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=16 March 2011|page=33|language=it|quote=He did so in 1971, when he married Roberta Baccilieri, his long-time girlfriend: Vedi cara was dedicated to her, and she was by his side when [...] the picture that became the front cover of Via Paolo Fabbri 43 was taken." "''Lo fece nel 1971, quando sposò Roberta Baccilieri, la fidanzata storica: a lei era dedicato Vedi cara e c' era lei al suo fianco quando [...] venne scattata la foto che divenne la copertina di Via Paolo Fabbri 43.''}}</ref>

<ref name=dap2>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni|year=2002|publisher=[[Editori Riuniti]]|location=Roma|isbn=88-07-81471-4|pages=116–117/135|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=dap1>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni|year=2002|publisher=Editori Riuniti|location=Roma|isbn=88-07-81471-4|pages=76–77|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=dap>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni|year=2002|publisher=Editori Riuniti|location=Roma|isbn=88-07-81471-4|pages=91–94|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ggjs>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=74|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=dkfs>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=59/69|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=sptm>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=77|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name="se">{{cite book|last=Bernieri|first=Claudio|title=Non sparate sul cantautore vol. 2º|year=1978|publisher=Edizioni Mazzotta|location=Milano|isbn=88-202-0227-1|page=10|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name="seA">{{cite book|last=Bernieri|first=Claudio|title=Non sparate sul cantautore vol. 2º|year=1978|publisher=Edizioni Mazzotta|location=Milano|isbn=88-202-0227-1|page=69|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=radi>{{cite news|last=Veltroni|first=Walter|title=Guccini, la forza di non-tirarsi indietro|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/dicembre/10/Guccini_forza_non_tirarsi_indietro_co_0_0012106067.shtml|access-date=26 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=10 December 2000|page=33|language=it|quote=one of his luckiest and most beautiful albums, Radici." "''uno dei suoi dischi più fortunati e belli, Radici''}}</ref>

<ref name=loll>{{cite web|title=Claudio Lolli|url=http://www.rockol.it/biografia/Claudio-Lolli|publisher=rockol.it|access-date=26 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=opbu>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=77|language=it|quote=It was an invented disc, unwanted by me... The arrangements do not convince me, and they did not convince me back then." "''Fu un disco inventato e da me non-voluto... Non mi convincono, e nemmeno allora mi convincevano, gli arrangiamenti.''}}</ref>

<ref name=cab1>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni|year=2002|publisher=Editori Riuniti|location=Roma|isbn=88-07-81471-4|pages=12/19|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=sdvq>{{cite book|last=Pegorin|first=Federica|title=Francesco Guccini. Cantore di vita|year=2006|publisher=Effatà Editrice|isbn=88-7402-184-4|page=145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vefVOt5hFcC&q=francesco+guccini+cantore+di+vita|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=baba>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=119|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=pf>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=85|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=se7>{{cite web|title=Italiani – Francesco Guccini, biografia|url=http://www.fondazioneitaliani.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4987&Itemid=64|publisher=Fondazione Italiani|access-date=22 October 2011|language=it|date=14 June 2008|quote=He separates from his wife Roberta and starts cohabitating with Angela, from whom, in 1978, Teresa was born." "''Si separa, infatti, dalla moglie Roberta e inizia una convivenza con Angela che, nel 1978, dà alla luce Teresa.''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404111758/http://www.fondazioneitaliani.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4987&Itemid=64|archive-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=lavv>{{cite news|last=Iaccarino|first=Luca|title=Il rito laico di Guccini 'Il mio pubblico l' ho costruito in tanti anni di concerti a Torino'|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/11/07/il-rito-laico-di-guccini-il-mio.html|access-date=27 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=7 November 2008|page=15|language=it|quote=it was him [Guccini] who quarreled furiously with the [[Novara|novarese]] critic Riccardo Bertoncelli, who was also portrayed in his verses" "''fu lui a litigare furiosamente con il critico novarese Riccardo Bertoncelli che immortalò pure nei suoi versi''}}</ref>

<ref name=ribe2>{{cite news|last=Berselli|first=Edmondo|title=Una contessa e 44 gatti|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/04/27/una-contessa-44-gatti.html|access-date=27 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=27 April 2008|page=46|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ribe3>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=63|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=voic>{{cite book|last=Pegorin|first=Federica|title=Francesco Guccini. Cantore di vita|year=2006|publisher=Effatà Editrice|isbn=88-7402-184-4|pages=146–147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vefVOt5hFcC&q=francesco+guccini+cantore+di+vita|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=obso>{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Guccini: mai piu' un' Avvelenata, e' tempo di gialli|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1998/aprile/03/Guccini_mai_piu_Avvelenata_tempo_co_0_9804033162.shtml|access-date=27 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=3 April 1997|page=37|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=obso2>{{cite news|last=Antini|first=Carlo|title=Francesco Guccini stregato dal talent show di Raidue|url=http://www.iltempo.it/2009/01/19/978374-factor_salvera_musica.shtml|access-date=27 October 2011|newspaper=[[Il Tempo]]|date=19 January 2009|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407005613/http://www.iltempo.it/2009/01/19/978374-factor_salvera_musica.shtml|archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=vpf>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|pages=95–97|language=it}}</ref><ref name=vpf4>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=101|language=it}}</ref><ref name=fdpg>{{cite book|last=Pegorin|first=Federica|title=Francesco Guccini. Cantore di vita|year=2006|publisher=Effatà Editrice|isbn=88-7402-184-4|page=51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vefVOt5hFcC&q=francesco+guccini+cantore+di+vita|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=coh1>{{cite news|last=Alberti|first=Francesco|title=La seconda volta di Guccini Matrimonio a 70 anni|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/marzo/16/seconda_volta_Guccini_Matrimonio_anni_co_9_110316016.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=16 March 2011|page=33|language=it|quote=After Roberta, in Guccini's life Angela arrived. It was the end of the Seventies. They did not get married, but they had a daughter, Teresa. And she too found a loving space in his father's musical production (Culodritto and E un Giorno)." "''Dopo Roberta, nella vita di Guccini entrò Angela. Era la fine degli anni Settanta. Non si sposarono, ma ebbero una figlia, Teresa. E pure lei, puntualmente, trovò un affettuoso spazio nella produzione musicale del padre (Culodritto e E un giorno).''}}</ref>

<ref name=ei1>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=Francesco Guccini: 40 anni di storie romanzi canzoni|year=2002|publisher=Editori Riuniti|location=Roma|isbn=88-07-81471-4|page=120|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name="ei">{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=La canzone d'autore italiana 1958–1997|year=1998|publisher=Feltrinelli|location=Milano|isbn=88-07-81471-4|pages=117–118|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=metr>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|pages=110–115|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=metr2>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|pages=110–115|language=it|quote=We humans are those who attribute colours to the sea, the sea does not know it exists, the sea simply is." "''Siamo noi umani che gli attribuiamo dei colori, il mare non-sa di esistere, il mare semplicemente è''}}</ref>

<ref name=guvg>{{citation|editor-last=Pendrinelli|editor-first=Andrea |title=Giorgio Gaber- Gli Anni '80|publisher=Radio Fandango/RAI Trade|location=Rome|year=2008|page=121|volume= attached to the DVD of the same name}}</ref>

<ref name=qcn>{{cite book|last=Pegorin|first=Federica|title=Francesco Guccini. Cantore di vita|year=2006|publisher=Effatà Editrice|isbn=88-7402-184-4|pages=149–150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vefVOt5hFcC&q=francesco+guccini+cantore+di+vita|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=bibl>{{cite web|title=Isaiah 21:11|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2021:11&version=NIV|publisher=BibleGateway.com|access-date=27 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=auto>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|pages=110–115|language=it|quote=It [the song] was born in Pàvana and it was about what never was, a dream that never came true." "''Nacque a Pàvana ed è il resoconto di ciò che non-fu mai, ovvero un sogno mai avverato''}}</ref>

<ref name=90A>{{cite book|last=Jachia|first=Paolo|title=La canzone d'autore italiana 1958–1997|year=1998|publisher=Feltrinelli|location=Milano|isbn=88-07-81471-4|page=154|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=90B>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=115|language=it|quote=the title echoes Farewell Angelina, the song Bob Dylan wrote for Joan Baez, with as much as a direct quote" "''...il titolo echeggia Farewell Angelina, la canzone scritta da Bob Dylan per Joan Baez, con tanto di citazione interna''}}</ref>

<ref name=90C>{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Pane, vino e invettive la rivincita di Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/dicembre/08/Pane_vino_invettive_rivincita_Guccini_co_0_96120810023.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=8 December 1996|page=35|language=it|quote=[...]after the great success of sales of the album D'amore di morte e d'altre sciocchezze, undoubtedly the best released by the artist in the last decade." "''[...]all' indomani del grande successo di vendita dell'album "D'amore, di morte e di altre sciocchezze", indubbiamente il migliore pubblicato dall'artista nell'ultimo decennio.''}}</ref>

<ref name=90D>{{cite news|last=Alberti|first=Francesco|title=La seconda volta di Guccini Matrimonio a 70 anni|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/marzo/16/seconda_volta_Guccini_Matrimonio_anni_co_9_110316016.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=16 March 2011|page=33|language=it|quote=Some years later, in '96, a new story and a new song (Vorrei): it was the beginning of the adventure with Raffaella Zuccari." "''Qualche anno dopo, nel '96, nuova storia e nuova canzone (Vorrei): era l'inizio dell'avventura con Raffaella Zuccari''}}</ref>

<ref name=90E>{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Mia moglie m' ha lasciato, e io la canto cosi'|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/novembre/13/Mia_moglie_lasciato_canto_cosi_co_0_9611134645.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=13 November 1996|page=35|language=it|quote=Francesco Guccini dedicates the song Quattro Stracci to his ex-wife Angela, from whom he separated two years ago." "''Francesco Guccini dedichi la canzone "Quattro stracci" alla sua ex moglie Angela, dalla quale si e' separato due anni fa''}}</ref>

<ref name=90if>{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Mia moglie m' ha lasciato, e io la canto cosi'|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1996/novembre/13/Mia_moglie_lasciato_canto_cosi_co_0_9611134645.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=13 November 1996|page=35|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=eds>{{cite news|last=Camboni|first=Daniela|title=Mi sento imbarazzato e insieme contento Ma cosa c' entro con Cicerone e Raffaello?|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/giugno/17/sento_imbarazzato_insieme_contento_cosa_co_9_040617058.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=17 June 2004|page=15|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=stag>{{cite news|last=Luzzatto Fegiz|first=Mario|title=Guccini: ora con un tango attacco la tv|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/febbraio/03/Guccini_ora_con_tango_attacco_co_0_0002037499.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=3 February 2000|page=37|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=aur>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini Awarded Honorary Degree|url=http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/2012/05/francesco-guccini-awarded-honorary-degree/|website=aur.edu|publisher=[[American University of Rome]]|access-date=23 September 2014|date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529082639/http://www.aur.edu/american-university-rome/2012/05/francesco-guccini-awarded-honorary-degree/ |archive-date=29 May 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name=stai>{{cite web|last=Cantonetti|first=Donal|title=Francesco Guccini – Ritratto di un cantastorie|url=http://www.ondarock.it/interviste/francescoguccini.htm|publisher=Onda Rock.it|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=ritt>{{cite news|last=Cesarale|first=Sandra|title=Guevara, Ulisse, Cyrano. Quei fantasmi di Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/novembre/06/Guevara_Ulisse_Cyrano_Quei_fantasmi_co_10_041106004.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=6 November 2004|page=49|language=it|quote=The [[PalaLottomatica]] was filled, yesterday night, by ghosts: Ulysses, Christopher Columbus, Che Guevara, Carlo Giuiliani, Cyrano. They were summoned by Francesco Guccini [...]. The new tour of the man from Pavana lives off his portraits (from the title of his last album)" "''Il PalaLottomatica ieri sera si è popolato di fantasmi: Ulisse, Cristoforo Colombo, Che Guevara, Carlo Giuliani, Cyrano. Li ha evocati Francesco Guccini [...]. Dei suoi "Ritratti" (dal titolo del suo ultimo album) vive il nuovo tour dell' uomo di Pavana''}}</ref><ref name=ritr>{{cite web|title=26/02/2004|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2004&date=20040226|publisher=Italian charts portal|access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=anli>{{cite web|title=Classifica settimanale dal 07/10/2005 al 13/10/2005|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2005&mese=10&id=148|publisher=[[FIMI]]|access-date=24 October 2011|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529050438/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_dvd.php?anno=2005&mese=10&id=148|archive-date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=twpe>{{cite news|last=Salvia|first=Lorenzo|title=I dalemiani di destra votano Ferrara e Massimo Schede anche per Linda Giuva, Sofri e Vespa|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2006/maggio/09/dalemiani_destra_votano_Ferrara_Massimo_co_9_060509004.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=9 May 2006|page=2|language=it|quote=A vote each for Francesco Guccini, Almirante [...]." "''Un voto a testa per Francesco Guccini, Almirante [...]''}}</ref>

<ref name=twla>{{cite news|last=Zatterin|first=Marco|title=Guccini: il mio genio andato in fumo|url=http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200804articoli/32092girata.asp|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=21 April 2008|language=it|quote=With the last cigarette his inspiration went in smoke too. Since he quit, Francesco Guccini eats like an 'ok', got fat, and does not write anymore." "''Con l'ultima sigaretta è andata in fumo anche l'ispirazione. Da quando ha smesso, Francesco Guccini mangia "come un bove", è ingrassato e non-scrive più.''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518013726/http://www1.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cronache/200804articoli/32092girata.asp|archive-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>

<ref name=twns>{{cite news|last=Giubilei|first=Franco|title=Guccini: ho scritto un'autobiografia perché il cerchio si chiude|url=http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cultura/201002articoli/51955girata.asp|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|date=6 February 2010|location=Bologna|language=it|quote=Non so che viso avesse. La storia della mia vita, just published by Mondadori." "''Non so che viso avesse. La storia della mia vita, appena uscito per Mondadori''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208235506/http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSezioni/cultura/201002articoli/51955girata.asp|archive-date=8 February 2010}}</ref>

<ref name=stst>{{cite news|last=Cruccu|first=Matteo|title=C' è ancora molto da raccontare|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/dicembre/08/ancora_molto_raccontare__co_7_101208063.shtml|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=8 December 2010|page=19|language=it|quote="Pigrizia" is only one previously unreleased song in the collection that was just released, "Storia di altre storie", including the best of forty years of career." "''"Pigrizia" è un solo inedito nella sua raccolta appena uscita, "Storia di altre storie", che racchiude il meglio di un quarantennio di carriera''}}</ref>

<ref name=twco>{{cite web|last=Donati|first=Davide|title=Corynopuntia Guccinii|url=http://www.opuntiads.com/zpdf/corynopuntia-guccinii.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127022946/http://opuntiads.com/zpdf/corynopuntia-guccinii.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2010|access-date=24 October 2011|page=118|quote=Dedicated to Mr. Francesco GUCCINI: his words made me thinking ''[sic]'' many times during my life.}}</ref>

<ref name=twla-2>{{cite news|title=Francesco Guccini a 71 anni dice sì: nozze a Mondolfo con Raffaella Zuccari|url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=146609&sez=HOME_PERSONE|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[Il Messaggero]]|location=Roma|language=it|quote=.He waited to be 71 before saying yes, Francesco Guccini, [...], marrying Raffaella Zuccari, 43 years old" "''Ha aspettato i 71 anni per dire sì, Francesco Guccini, [...], sposando Raffaella Zuccari, 43 anni''}}</ref>

<ref name=sty>{{cite web|title=Dicono di Guccini...|url=http://www.railibro.rai.it/articoli.asp?id=271|publisher=[[RAI]] Libro|access-date=23 October 2011|author=Francesco Dafano|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112337/http://www.railibro.rai.it/articoli.asp?id=271|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=pol>{{cite news|last=Castaldo|first=Gino|title=Sono un vecchio anarchico che ama ancora la poesia|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/spettacoli_e_cultura/guccini/guccini/guccini.html|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=13 June 2002|language=it|quote='I'm an old anarchic who still loves poetry'}}</ref>

<ref name=pol1>{{cite news|last=Pellicciotti|first=Giacomo|title=Francesco Guccini "Ora canto il G8 di Genova"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/guccini/guccini/guccini.html|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=19 February 2004|language=it|quote=Francesco Guccini 'I'm going to sing about Genoa's G8'}}</ref>

<ref name=pol3>{{cite news|last=Cazzullo|first=Aldo|title=Il grande fiume politicamente conteso|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/giugno/17/grande_fiume_politicamente_conteso_co_9_070617119.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=17 June 2007|page=11|language=it|quote=These are the years of Guccini's La Locomotiva, apology of the solitary violence of anarchics." "''Sono gli anni della Locomotiva di Guccini, apologia della violenza solitaria degli anarchici''}}</ref>

<ref name=boce>{{cite news|last=Cutri|first=Fabio|title=Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2006/settembre/19/Guccini_co_9_060919097.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=19 September 2006|page=61|language=it|quote=Croniche epafaniche, the first of many books by Guccini as a writer." "''[...] Croniche epafaniche, il primo dei tanti libri del Guccini narratore.''}}</ref>

<ref name=boce1>{{cite news|last=Di Stefano|first=Paolo|title=Il vero pioniere fu però Francesco Guccini, che nell' 89, con il successo di Croniche epafaniche|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/settembre/09/Mantova_scoppia_moda_dei_cantascrittori_co_9_040909121.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=9 September 2004|page=37|language=it|quote=The real pioneer [of singer-songwriters as authors of books], was Guccini, with the success of Croniche Epafaniche" "''Il vero pioniere fu però Francesco Guccini, che nell' 89, con il successo di Croniche epafaniche''}}</ref>

<ref name=boce2>{{cite book|last=Tondelli|first=Pier Vittorio|title=Un weekend postmoderno. Cronache dagli anni Ottanta|year=1990|publisher=Bompiani|isbn=88-452-5035-0|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=bovc>{{cite news|last=Brevini|first=Franco|title=formidabili, quegli zamponi|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/novembre/19/formidabili_quegli_zamponi_co_0_93111911535.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=19 November 1993|page=32|language=it|quote=We open the second book of his [Guccini's] research, which, after the unforgettable years of his childhood in Pavana (Pistoia), brings us back to the Emilian lands." "''Apriamo il secondo volume della sua recherche, che, dopo gli anni indimenticabili dell' infanzia a Pavana (Pistoia), ci riporta in terra emiliana. Vacca d' un cane''}}</ref>

<ref name=bocb>{{cite news|title=Francesco Guccini e la Bologna Anni ' 60|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2004/maggio/10/Francesco_Guccini_Bologna_Anni_60_co_7_040510055.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=10 May 2004|page=59|language=it|quote=[Guccini] introduces his new book, Cittanòva Blues (Mondadori), a novel which tells stories from his youth and school years in Modena and Bologna, in the 50s and 60s." "''[Guccini] presenta il suo nuovo libro "Cittanòva Blues" (Mondadori), romanzo che racconta episodi di vita giovanile e studentesca tra Modena e Bologna negli Anni 50 e 60.''}}</ref>

<ref name=bocb1>{{cite book|title=Un altro giorno è andato: Francesco Guccini si racconta a Massimo Cotto.|year=1999|publisher=Giunti|location=Firenze|isbn=88-09-02164-9|page=115|language=it|quote=Bologna was a 'minor Paris'" "''Bologna 'Parigi in minore' [...]''}}</ref>

<ref name=bo>{{cite news|last=Di Stefano|first=Paolo|title=A lezione dal dott. Guccini, docente di pavanese|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/ottobre/27/lezione_dal_dott_Guccini_docente_co_0_021027373.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=27 October 2002|language=it|quote=[...]Reading the text of his [Guccini's] cultured prolusion about Pàvana's dialect, one gets serious, for the quality and quantity of historical, lexical, phonetic, morphologic remarks, and the study bibliography." "''[...] a leggere il testo della sua dotta prolusione sul dialetto di Pàvana, c'è poco da scherzare, tali e tante sono le osservazioni storiche, lessicali, fonetiche, morfologiche, la bibliografia di studio''}}</ref>

<ref name=boco1>{{cite news|last=Rastelli|first=Alessia|title=Da Ambra a Cofferati "Mai senza i nostri eroi"|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/settembre/30/Ambra_Cofferati_Mai_senza_nostri_co_9_090930013.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=30 September 2009|page=31|language=it|quote=[[Dario Argento|Argento]] and Guccini, because of their passion, have been our guests as presidents of the jury [of the Lucca International comics festival]" "''Argento e Guccini, vista la loro passione, sono stati nostri ospiti come presidenti di giuria''}}</ref>

<ref name=boco3>{{cite news|last=Scotti|first=Diego|title=Da Sturmtruppen a Nick Carter. In mostra i piccoli eroi di Bonvi|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/dicembre/06/Sturmtruppen_Nick_Carter_mostra_piccoli_co_5_0112065194.shtml|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=6 December 2001|page=55|language=it|quote=Francesco Guccini, friend of the cartoonist [Bonvi], for whom he had also written the texts of Cronache di spazio profondo ''(sic)''." "''Francesco Guccini, amico del vignettista, per il quale aveva anche scritto i testi di Cronache di spazio profondo''}}</ref>

<ref name=cigm>{{cite news|title=I settant'anni di Guccini raccolti in un libro di memorie|url=http://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/02/03/news/i_settant_anni_di_guccini_raccolti_in_un_libro_di_memorie-2619631/index.html?ref=search|access-date=23 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=3 February 2010|language=it|quote=The first director to want him [Guccini] on the set was Gianfranco Mingozzi in 1976 (for a RAI movie, Fantasia, ma non-troppo, per violino)." "''ll primo a volerlo sul set fu Gianfranco Mingozzi, nel 1976 (in un film Rai, Fantasia, ma non-troppo, per violino)''}}</ref>

<ref name=ci1>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Books and Movies|url=http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|publisher=Concerto.net (Guccini's Official Bibliography and Filmography)|access-date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128220317/http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|archive-date=28 November 2011}}(under Movies tab)</ref>

<ref name=cmcs>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Books and Movies|url=http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|publisher=Concerto.net (Guccini's Official Bibliography and Filmography)|access-date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128220317/http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|archive-date=28 November 2011}}(under Books tab)</ref>

<ref name=bkmv>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Books and Movies|url=http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|publisher=Concerto.net (Guccini's Official Bibliography and Filmography)|access-date=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128220317/http://www.concerto.net/guccini/books_movies.htm|archive-date=28 November 2011}}(under Comics tab)</ref>

<ref name=cim>{{cite news|last=Cappelli|first=Valerio|title=Guccini attore per Pieraccioni: psicologo sul set, un divertimento|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/20/Guccini_attore_per_Pieraccioni_psicologo_co_9_091220081.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=20 December 2009|page=51|language=it|quote=In a movie by Enzo Monteleone I had the role of Stefano Accorsi's father." "''in un film di Enzo Monteleone facevo il padre di Stefano Accorsi''}}</ref>

<ref name=cilg>{{cite news|last=Porro|first=Maurizio|title=Ligabue, amarcord di rabbia|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1998/ottobre/24/Ligabue_amarcord_rabbia_co_0_9810242170.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=4 October 1998|page=38|language=it}}</ref>

<ref name=cilp>{{cite news|last=Cesarale|first=Sandra|title=Pieraccioni: faccio recitare anche Guccini|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/giugno/19/Pieraccioni_faccio_recitare_anche_Guccini_co_9_050619040.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=19 June 2005|page=37|language=it|quote=There is also the singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini [...]." "''C' è anche il cantautore Francesco Guccini[...].''}}</ref>

<ref name=cil>{{cite news|last=Mereghetti|first=Paolo|title=Una moglie Bellissima|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/dicembre/14/Una_moglie_bellissima_co_9_071214097.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=14 December 2007|page=57|language=it|quote=director of Grease, played by Francesco Guccini." "''regista [di Grease] interpretato da Francesco Guccini''}}</ref>

<ref name=cip>{{cite news|last=Cappelli|first=Valerio|title=Pieraccioni ingaggia la sosia di Marylin per un cinepanettone|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/giugno/04/Pieraccioni_ingaggia_sosia_Marilyn_per_co_9_090604128.shtml|access-date=22 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=4 June 2009|page=53|language=it|quote=This time Francesco Guccini, in his usual cameo, will be a psychiatrist." "''A Francesco Guccini nell' abituale cammeo stavolta tocca fare lo psichiatra.''}}</ref>

<ref name=awaA>{{cite web|last=Pellegrini|first=Fausto|title=Francesco Guccini – Incontri|url=http://www.rainews24.it/ran24/rubriche/incontri/autori/guccini.asp|publisher=[[Rai News]]|access-date=21 October 2011|language=it|date=4 May 2005|quote=In 1992 he received the Librex-Guggenheim Eugenio Montale Award in the section 'Verses in Music." "''Nel 1992 gli è stato conferito il Premio Librex-Guggenheim Eugenio Montale per la sezione 'Versi in Musica'.''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa10>{{cite web|title=39748 Guccini at the JPL Small-Body Database Browser|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=guccini;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#discovery|publisher=[[NASA]] Jet Propulsion Laboratory|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=awa9>{{cite news|last=Tubino|first=Valentina|title=Un ragno chiamato Neil Young|url=http://www.corriere.it/animali/08_maggio_12/ragno_neil_young_bed61646-2028-11dd-895d-00144f486ba6.shtml|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=12 May 2008|language=it|quote=Something similar happened also in Italy: in the early '90s an entomologist discovered a butterfly, naming it Parnassius mnemosyne guccinii in honour to the singer-songwriter." "''Anche in Italia era capitata una cosa simile: all'inizio degli anni '90 la farfalla Parnassius mnemosyne guccinii fu scoperta e nominata da un entomologo con la passione per il cantautore modenese''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa8>{{cite news|last=Ajello|first=Nello|title='900|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/09/27/900.html|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=27 September 2001|page=41|language=it|quote=[...] For example, Francesco Guccini, famous singer-songwriter who is promoted to author of stories" "''[...] Esempio, Francesco Guccini, celebre cantautore che tu promuovi autore di racconti.''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa7>{{cite web|title=Laurea Honoris Causa a Francesco Guccini|url=http://www.almanews.unibo.it/01_02/Html/guccini.htm|publisher=Alma News University of Bologna|access-date=21 October 2011|language=it|quote=On October 21, in the Teatro della Cavallerizza in Reggio Emilia, the bolognese singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini, in front of a great crowd of professors from the Universities of Reggio Emila e Modena and Bologna, received from the hands of the Chancellors of the two Emilian Universities the honoris causa degree in Educational Sciences ." "''Il 21 ottobre, nella cornice del Teatro della Cavallerizza di Reggio Emilia, il cantautore bolognese Francesco Guccini, davanti ad un folto corpo accademico, composto dai docenti delle Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia e di Bologna, ha ricevuto dalle mani dei Rettori dei due Atenei emiliani Gian Carlo Pellacani e Pier Ugo Calzolari la [[laurea ad honorem]] in Scienze della formazione primaria.''|archive-date=14 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214155504/http://www.almanews.unibo.it/01_02/Html/guccini.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name=awa6>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini – Stagioni di vita quotidiana|url=http://www2.comune.carpi.mo.it/musei/sito/mostre/guccini/index.html|publisher=Municipality of [[Carpi, Emilia-Romagna|Carpi]]|access-date=21 October 2011|language=it|quote=A show in homage to the great Emilia-Romagna artist. 19 September 2003 – 19 October 2003". "''Una mostra dedicata al grande artista emiliano 19 settembre – 19 ottobre 2003''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa5>{{cite news|title=2 giugno, Ciampi insignisce cantautori, intellettuali e artisti|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2004/e/sezioni/cronaca/onorificenze/onorificenze/onorificenze.html|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=31 May 2004|language=it|quote=Ciampi awarded Guccini, Vecchioni and Battiato with the title of Officers." "''Guccini, Vecchioni e Battiato insigniti da Ciampi col titolo di Ufficiali.''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa4>{{cite news|last=Desideri|first=Giovanni|title=Festival Ferré: nella serata conclusiva assegnata la Targa Léo Ferré 2004 a Francesco Guccini|url=http://ap.ilquotidiano.it/articoli/2004/06/6/20829/festival-ferre-nella-serata-conclusiva-assegnata-la-targa-leo-ferre-2004-a-francesco-guccini|access-date=21 October 2011|newspaper=Il Quotidiano|date=6 June 2004|language=it|quote="In awarding Francesco Guccini with the 'Targa Ferré 2004'[...]." "''Nel consegnare a Francesco Guccini la 'Targa Ferré 2004'[...]''}}</ref>

<ref name=awa3>{{cite web|title=Premio Nazionale "Giuseppe Giacosa – Parole per la Musica"|url=http://www.comune.collerettogiacosa.to.it/upload/images/files/premio%20giacosa.pdf|publisher=Municipality of [[Colleretto Giacosa]]|access-date=20 October 2011|page=2|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112316/http://www.comune.collerettogiacosa.to.it/upload/images/files/premio%20giacosa.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=awa2>{{cite web|title=Storico Guccini, in quattromila a cantare!|url=http://www.ruggeropegna.it/news.asp?ID=1121&cate=4|access-date=20 October 2011|language=it|date=25 March 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112316/http://www.ruggeropegna.it/news.asp?ID=1121&cate=4|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=awa1>{{cite web|title=Francesco Guccini vincitore del premio Arturo Loria|url=http://www.carpidiem.it/cgi/jump.cgi?t=default&s=1256162082927615866&d=1&ID=91866|publisher=Municipality of Carpi|access-date=20 October 2011|language=it|quote=Francesco Guccini winner of the Arturio Loria award|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200608/http://www.carpidiem.it/cgi/jump.cgi?t=default&s=1256162082927615866&d=1&ID=91866|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="tenco1">{{cite web|title=Club Tenco – Rassegna della canzone d'autore|url=http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|publisher=Club Tenco|access-date=17 October 2011|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028070627/http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|archive-date=28 October 2011}} In Gli Artisti section, under Italiani, 75.</ref>

<ref name="tenco">{{cite web|title=Club Tenco – Rassegna della canzone d'autore|url=http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|publisher=Club Tenco|access-date=17 October 2011|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028070627/http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|archive-date=28 October 2011}} In Gli Artisti section, under Targhe Tenco, Canzone.</ref><ref name="tenco2">{{cite web|title=Club Tenco – Rassegna della canzone d'autore|url=http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|publisher=Club Tenco|access-date=17 October 2011|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028070627/http://www.clubtenco.it/home.htm|archive-date=28 October 2011}} In Gli Artisti section, under Targhe Tenco, Album.</ref>

<ref name="alc2">{{cite web|title=Premio "Un autore per l'Europa" – XV edizione|url=http://www.comune.alassio.sv.it/turistico/ita/sez_premi_letterari/attivita_arte_premio.htm|publisher=Municipality of [[Alassio]]|access-date=20 October 2011|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407025139/http://www.comune.alassio.sv.it/turistico/ita/sez_premi_letterari/attivita_arte_premio.htm|archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=alc1>{{cite web|title=Loriano Macchiavelli – bio-bibliografia|url=http://www.railibro.rai.it/schede.asp?id=31|publisher=[[RAI]] libro|access-date=20 October 2011|language=it|quote=The same novel [Macaroni] won the 1998 edition of the Police Film Festival." "''Lo stesso romanzo [Macaroni] ha vinto l'edizione 1998 del Police film festival.''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112355/http://www.railibro.rai.it/schede.asp?id=31|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=alc>{{cite web|title=L'associazione Amici del Giallo si presenta|url=http://www.delbucchia.it/articolo.php?c=443|publisher=Marco del Bucchia Editore|access-date=20 October 2011|language=it|date=27 January 2010|quote=Among those who received awards are Massimo Carlotto Loriano Macchiavelli and Francesco Guccini" "''Fra i premiati Massimo Carlotto, Loriano Macchiavelli e Francesco Guccini [...]''}}</ref>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.francescoguccini.it Official Site] – Official site, including touring schedule {{in lang|it}}
* [http://www.viafabbri43.net/ Unofficial Site] with english translations of lyrics  {{in lang|it}}
* [http://www.francescoguccini.net/ Unofficial Site] with news and lyrics  {{in lang|it}}
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