Antonio Amurri

{{Short description|Italian writer (1925–1992)}}

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| name = Antonio Amurri

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|6|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ancona, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age |1992|12|18|1925|6|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Author, writer, lyricist

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| children = 2, including Franco Amurri

| relatives = Eva Amurri (granddaughter)

}}Antonio Amurri (28 June 1925 – 18 December 1992) was an Italian author, radio and television writer and lyricist.

Born in Ancona, Amurri was author of some of the most popular RAI variety shows, such as Canzonissima, Gran Varietà, Fantastico and Studio Uno.{{cite news|last1=fl. b.|title=E' scomparso Amurri maestro d'ironia|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1992/12/19/scomparso-amurri-maestro-ironia.html?ref=search|accessdate=6 July 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date= 18 December 1992}} He was also author of fourteen books, several of them best sellers, which were mainly collections of short stories consisting of satirical portraits of collapsing family groups.Enrico Malato. Storia della letteratura italiana. Volume 9. Salerno, 2000. p. 409. {{ISBN|8884023025}}.

Amurri was the father of the television writer Valentina Amurri and of the film director Franco Amurri; he was also the paternal grandfather of American actress Eva Amurri.