Beppe Sebaste

Beppe Sebaste (; 3 June 1959 – 6 April 2026) was an Italian writer, poet, translator and journalist.

Life and career 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 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.

Works Novels Tolbiac, Baldini & Castoldi, Milan 2002 H. P. L'ultimo autista di Lady Diana, Quiritta, Rome 2004 , new edition: Einaudi-Stilelibero, Turin 2007 ; French translation: H.P. le dernier chauffeur de Lady Diana, Éditions du Seuil, Paris 2009 (translated by Nicolas Bouvier).

Short stories (with Giorgio Messori). L'ultimo buco nell'acqua. Racconti brevi. AElia Laelia, Reggio Emilia 1983 Café Suisse e altri luoghi di sosta. Feltrinelli, Milan 1992 Niente di tutto questo mi appartiene. Feltrinelli, Milan 1994 Panchine. Come uscire dal mondo senza uscirne. Laterza, Bari 2008 La passeggiata. Manni, San Cesario di Lecce 2009 Oggetti smarriti e altre apparizioni. Laterza, Bari 2009 Fallire. Storia con fantasmi, self-published, distributed by Amazon, 2015

Essays Lettere e filosofia. Poetica dell'epistolarità, Alinea, Florence 1998 Porte senza porta. Incontri con maestri contemporanei. Feltrinelli, Milan 1997 Il libro dei maestri. Porte senza porta rewind. Luca Sossella Editore, Rome 2010

Poetry Come un cinghiale in una macchia d'inchiostro. Nino Aragno, Torino 2018

Edited books Allo stato puro della rivoluzione. Il picchio, Bologna 1980 (with Stefania Scateni). Non siamo in vendita: voci contro il regime. Arcana, Rome 2002

Translations Nicolas Bouvier. Il pesce-scorpione, Casagrande, Lugano 1991 and Marcos y Marcos, Milan 1991 , new edition: Laterza, Bari 2006 Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Le passeggiate del sognatore solitario. Feltrinelli, Milan 1996 , new edition: 2012 Emmanuel Bove. I miei amici. Feltrinelli, Milan 1991 , new edition: 2015