Dino Campana 20 August 1885 – 1 March 1932 was an Italian visionary poet. His fame rests on his only published book of poetry, the Canti Orfici (“Orphic Songs”), as well as his wild and erratic personality, including his ill-fated love affair with Sibilla Aleramo. He is often seen as an Italian example of a poète maudit. Contents
Andrea Calogero Camilleri Italian pronunciation: ; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019 was an Italian writer. Contents 1Biography 2Recognitions 2.1Honorary degrees 3Bibliography 3.1Inspector Salvo Montalbano (1994–2020) 3.2Other 4References 5External links Biography Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti, Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Palermo, but did not complete his degree; meanwhile he published
Italo Calvino Italian: ; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985 was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter’s night a traveler (1979). Admired in Britain, Australia and the United States, he was the
Dino Buzzati-Traverso Italian pronunciation: ; 14 October 1906 – 28 January 1972 was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel The Tartar Steppe, although he is also known for his well-received collections of short stories. Contents 1Life
Gesualdo Bufalino Italian pronunciation: ; Comiso, Italy, 15 November 1920 – 14 June 1996, was an Italian writer. Contents 1Biography 2Bibliography 3Further reading 4See also 5References 6External links Biography Gesualdo Bufalino was born in Comiso, Sicily. He studied literature and was a high-school professor in his hometown, for most of his life. Immediately after World War II, he
Vitaliano Brancati Italian pronunciation: ; 24 July 1907 – 25 September 1954 was an Italian novelist, dramatist, poet and screenwriter. Contents 1Biography 2Selected works 2.1Novels and short stories 2.2Screenplays 3References 4Further reading Biography Born in Pachino, Syracuse, Brancati studied in Catania, where he graduated in letters and where he spent the most part of his life. While he started
Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene 1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002 was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. He died of a heart ailment in 2002. Contents 1Works 1.1Literature 1.2Partial filmography 1.3Selected Bibliography in English 2See also
Giorgio Bassani 4 March 1916 – 13 April 2000 was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual. Contents 1Biography 2Publications 3Film adaptations 4References 5Bibliography 6External links Biography Bassani was born in Bologna into a prosperous Jewish family of Ferrara, where he spent his childhood with his mother Dora, father Enrico (a doctor), brother Paolo, and sister Jenny.
Giulio Angioni 28 October 1939 – 12 January 2017 was an Italian writer and anthropologist. Contents 1Biography 2Literary works 3Essays 4Miscellaneous 5Bibliography 6See also 7References 8External links Biography Angioni was a leading Italian anthropologist, professor at the University of Cagliari and fellow of St Antony’s College of the University of Oxford. He is the author of about
Corrado Alvaro 15 April 1895 in San Luca – 11 June 1956 in Rome was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describes the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. His first success was Gente in Aspromonte (Revolt in Aspromonte), which examined the exploitation of rural peasants