Anne Cuneo

Anne Cuneo (6 September 1936 – 11 February 2015) was a Swiss journalist, novelist, theatre and film director and screenwriter.

She was born in Paris of Italian parents, but studied in Lausanne. Her first novel came in 1967 and was called Gravé au diamant. In 1979 she received the lesser prize of the Schweizerische Schillerstiftung and by 1987 she worked for Télévision Suisse Romande.

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Cuneo

Cuneo (Italian: [ˈkuːneo]  listen ; Piedmontese: Coni; French: Coni [kɔni]) is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area.

It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont where is the confluence of the rivers Stura and Gesso.

Including all bordering municipalities Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo the population is 123,301 inhabitants.

It is near six important mountain passes:

History

Cuneo was founded in 1198 by the local population, who declared it an independent commune, freeing themselves from the authority of the bishops of Asti and the marquisses of Montferrat and Saluzzo. In 1210 the latter occupied it, and in 1231 the Cuneesi rebelled. In 1238 they were recognized as free commune by Emperor Frederick II.

Cuneo (surname)

Cuneo is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to:

Piemonte Volley

Piemonte Volley, known for sponsorship reasons as Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, is a professional volleyball club based in Cuneo, Italy. They are the current champions of the Italian Volleyball League, having won the Championship Game (3-1) against Trentino Volley on May 9, 2010. The club was founded in 1958 under the name of Cuneo Volley Ball Club and renamed Piemonte Volley in 2001, after the acquisition of glorious but long-ailing CUS Torino Pallavolo.

Team roster season 2013–14

Jeroen Rauwerdink

Oleg Antonov

Andrea Marchisio

Javier Gonzalez

Daniele De Pandis

Alberto Casadei

Emanuel Kohut

Aimone Alletti

Giorgio De Togni

Antonin Rouzier

Gabriele Maruotti

Edoardo Picco

Famous players

Andrea Anastasi

Michele Baranowicz

Michał Łasko

Gabriele Maruotti

Tsvetan Sokolov

Javier González

Hubert Henno

Earvin N'Gapeth

Antonin Rouzier

Guillaume Samica

Oleg Antonov

Ruslan Olikhver

Emanuel Kohut

Rafael Pascual

Achievements