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09 November 2020 The well-known illustrator, writer and director Ro Marcenaro has died at the age of 83.
He died in Reggio Emilia last Sunday night, after some complications due to the coronavirus.
His latest work is this year, "The Illustrated Constitution".
Born in Genoa, he had long lived in San Martino in Rio, in the Lower Reggiana.
He was among the first to do animated drawing in Italy, making commercials (the most famous is that of the 1970s by Fernet Branca made with plasticine) but also music videos like the whole album 'Matto come un gatto' by Gino Paoli .
The artist then made himself known to the general public especially with his political satire comics (in '93 he won the 'Forte dei Marmi' award) for many newspapers and magazines including Panorama, Il Friday di Repubblica, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Era, Expansion, Trade Union Review and L'Europeo.
He has also directed some private TV channels, from Tvs in Genoa to Tele Ciocco and Telereggio, and some stamps for the State of San Marino were also born from his pencil.
His works include the political fictional novels 'The White Diaspora', 'The Comunist Party Comic Manifesto', 'Il Candido' by Voltaire, 'The Gospel of Mark', 'The Baron of Munchausen' and, lastly, just this 'year,' The Italian Constitution illustrated '.
"The death of Ro Marcenaro leaves a void in the world of illustration, comics and Italian cartoons. Marcenaro was a true artist, free in his imagination and with a strong civil passion", says Luca Milano, director by Rai Ragazzi.
"From his artisan workshop near Reggio Emilia, some very beautiful and still popular series on Rai Yoyo were born, from Cuocarina's Recipes to Vanessa's Ballets, to many others. His cartoons were often in rhyme, heirs of a great tradition of poets and storytellers, able to show children the richness of our language and the power of imagination ", he adds.