Paolo Canevari's letter of gratitude to Andrea Camilleri

Artist Paolo Canevari writes an open letter to the late writer Andrea Camilleri, expressing gratitude for their friendship and Camilleri's influence on his life and art. Canevari recalls childhood summers on Monte Amiata, where his family and Camilleri's family shared experiences. He thanks Camilleri for listening to his thesis on Samuel Beckett and Francis Bacon, for dressing him as a woman for a summer play, and for teaching him anticonformist values. Canevari also remembers Camilleri's support during his time in New York and the collaboration on the book "I tacchini non ringraziano," for which Canevari created drawings in the 1990s. The letter is published on Artribune in 2019.