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Born November 14, 1893 • Milan • Italy • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died May 21, 1973 (aged 79) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works “Acquainted with Grief” • “That Awful Mess on Via Merulana”
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Giovanni Guareschi
Italian journalist and novelist
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
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Elsa Morante
Italian author
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
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Grazia Deledda
Italian author
Papini, Giovanni
Giovanni Papini
Italian author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco sit on a couch in front of a painting, with Mazzucco holding an open book, in a scene from the HBO series My Brilliant Friend.
Elena Ferrante
Italian author
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
Italian author and literary critic
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
Italian author
Silone, 1969
Ignazio Silone
Italian author
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Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Foscolo, detail of an oil painting by François-Xavier Fabre, 1818; in the Gallery of Modern Art, Florence
Ugo Foscolo
Italian writer
Svevo, Italo
Italo Svevo
Italian author
Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati
Italian author
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Italo Calvino
Italian author
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Riccardo Bacchelli
Italian author
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Elio Vittorini
Italian author
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Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer
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Carlo, Conte Gozzi
Italian author