Wu Ming, Chinese for "anonymous", is a pseudonym for a group of Italian authors formed in 2000 from a subset of the Luther Blissett community in Bologna.
14 Facts About Wu Ming
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Unlike the open name "Luther Blissett", "Wu Ming" stands for a defined group of writers active in literature and popular culture.
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Wu Ming is credited as co-writers for the screenplay of the Italian film Lavorare con lentezza, directed by Guido Chiesa, released in Italy in 2004.
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Manituana is the third of Wu Ming's collectively authored novels.
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In May 2009 Wu Ming announced that they had almost finished writing a new book, entitled Altai, set "in [their debut novel] Q's world and historical continuum".
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Wu Ming 1 is the author of New Thing, an "unidentified narrative object" blending fiction, journalism and free verse.
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Wu Ming 2 is the author of Guerra agli umani [War on the Humans], a satire of primitivism and survivalism set on the Apennines in an undefined year.
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Wu Ming 4 is the author of Stella del mattino [Morning Star].
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Wu Ming themselves described Stella del mattino as "the best solo novel ever manufactured in our smithy" and "a bridge between our collective and solo novels".
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Wu Ming 5 is the author of both Havana Glam and Free Karma Food.
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Wu Ming 1 is the Italian translator of several Elmore Leonard novels.
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Wu Ming translated Cat Chaser, Freaky Deaky, Tishomingo Blues and Mr Paradise, and wrote an essay on how to render Leonard's prose into Italian The essay was published in the catalogue of the 2006 Courmayer Noir in Festival, at which Leonard was presented with the Raymond Chandler Award.
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Wu Ming 1 translated one Walter Mosley novel, Little Scarlet.
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Wu Ming 2 has written the theater play Razza Partigiana in 2013; he is participating on stage, with musical support from Paul Pieretto, Federico Oppi and Egle Sommacal.