Marina Paterna
"Theater producer, writer, screenwriter. Symbol of comedy and careful irony. Man of profound self-awareness. In a word, the expression of wisdom, culture and human completeness. Sicilian artist and man of simple origins, with a strong Sicilian accent that he never deliberately abandoned or disguised. A man of great stubbornness, capable of starting from simple things to mix them with imagination and create, continuing to create with the mind. I will call it a producer of ideas, a term I use when I believe we are unrepeatable.
Andrea # Camilleri was this for me more than a theater or television producer. Starting from the simplicity of things, from reality and transforming them with irony into strongly characterized characters was the real show that gave us. A privilege for all of us, Artists and non. He produced many works, he left so much of himself. I really don't think he will ever die. He left us such a great legacy, such that I don't think our hectic life will ever be enough to know all his work. Better so, it will mean that it will keep us company for a long time. The 17 July of the 2019, unfortunately a Mestro of so much thickness dies.
He leaves the earth, but I don't believe it will vanish into thin air. He will not go easily from our hearts and his works from our homes, be they his 100 books, his countless plays, or his beloved Montalbano. He who has sown well, never dies. And, today, I am more and more firmly convinced. Thank you Master for leaving us a great legacy and with it your eternity. Thank you for leaving traces of you. Now, finally, rest in peace. See you soon Maestro ... with all the respect I have, Marina Paterna. "