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Andrea Camilleri has died today, in Rome, aged 93. True internationalist and international crime fiction icon, world-famous for his charismatic detective, Sicilian Commissario Salvo Montalbano, but also known for his outspoken political consciousness, Camilleri is one of the most influential authors of crime fiction in Europe. Acknowledging inspirations such as Simenon, Sciascia and, of course, Montalbán, and with his own novels widely translated and adapted across the continent and beyond, he has come to represent the quintessential European Author. Here are a few obituaries from different European countries paying homage to his international legacy, selected from the great many published this morning all over the world.
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/07/17/actualidad/1563347589_267750.html
https://www.dn.pt/cultura/interior/morreu-o-escritor-italiano-andrea-camilleri-11120233.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/17/andrea-camilleri-obituary-inspector-montalbano
https://stirescu.ro/actualitate/a-murit-scriitoruil-italian-andrea-camilleri-9907.html
International Crime Genre Research Group 7th biennial conference:
Networks and Connections in the Crime Genre
Friday 26 – Saturday 27 May, 2017
National University of Ireland, Galway Continue reading
Barbara Pezzotti, Investigating Italy’s Past through Historical Crime Fiction, Films, and TV Series: Murder in the Age of Chaos (London and New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2016). 
By Annika Breinig
Germany’s television programme is overwhelmingly saturated with crime series. From the afternoon till the late night hours, a lavish bouquet of criminal stories is offered to the audience. Obviously, there are crime series from the United States, such as CSI or Navy CIS, running at prime-time and enjoying a broad fan-base. Further there are European productions, such as Sherlock from the UK, the Swedish Wallander or The Killing from Denmark, which attract a solid audience. And last but not least, there are numerous domestic productions, which range between high quality thrillers and trivial every-day crime stories. Regarding those German productions, some recent trends emerge Continue reading
International Crime Fiction Research Group 