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Born	March 17, 1917 • Rome • Italy
Died	January 29, 1987 (aged 69) • Monte-Carlo • Monaco
Notable Works	“Bebo’s Girl” • “The Felling of the Forest”
Movement / Style	Neorealism

Cesare Pavese

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Ignazio Silone

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Italo Calvino

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Curzio Malaparte

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Alberto Moravia

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Vasco Pratolini

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Elsa Morante

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Ennio Flaiano

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Luigi Pirandello

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Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Italo Svevo

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Dino Buzzati

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Riccardo Bacchelli

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Giovanni Verga

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Luigi Capuana

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Grazia Deledda

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Beppe Fenoglio

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Anna Banti

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Elio Vittorini

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Carlo Levi

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