Beppe Sebaste
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Beppe Sebaste (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛppe seˈbaste]; 3 June 1959 – 6 April 2026) was an Italian writer, poet, translator and journalist.
Sebaste was born in Parma on 3 June 1959. He graduated in aesthetics at the University of Bologna with Luciano Anceschi. Sebaste then received his PhD from the same university, before moving to Geneva, Paris, then Pietrasanta. He lived between Rome and a small town in Umbria, Italy.
Among his books, H. P. tells the inner story of Henri Paul, the driver involved in the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales; Porte senza porta (expanded as Il libro dei maestri, aka "the book of teachers" meaning in several and various disciplines) is a collection of personal meetings and some conversations which includes Bruno Hussar, Taizan Maezumi, Bruno Munari, Terry Riley, Steve Paxton, Alessandro Fersen, Daniel de Montmollin, Emmanuel Levinas, Luigi Ghirri, Elisabeth Bing, Raimon Panikkar, Mary Catherine Bateson, Frédéric de Towarnicki, and others. In 2004, he continued the meetings in a radio programme[1] by Rai Radio 3, including Aldo Gargani, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Giulia Niccolai, etc.
He wrote for newspapers including, L'Unità and la Repubblica.
Sebaste died on 6 April 2026, at the age of 66.[2]
