Giobbe Covatta

Gianni Maria Covatta born 11 June 1956 best known as Giobbe Covatta is an Italian standup comedian actor writer and politician Born in Taranto after appearing in a number of other variety shows Covatta he had his breakout in 1990 as a recurring guest in the Canale 5 talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show where he reads his compositions inspired by the Bible These sketch eventually inspired a book Parola di Giobbe which was released in 1991 and got an immediate success selling over a million copies and getting over thirty editions In the later years Covatta published other books notably Pancreas a parody of Edmondo De Amicis Heart and was active as an actor in films television series and on stage In 2006 Covatta was elected councilor of the Federation of the Greens party in the Rome local elections In 2015 he was elected national spokesperson of the party still maintaining he does not consider himself a politician From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia