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Pier Paolo Pasolini: Quick Facts

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Born March 5, 1922 • Bologna • Italy
Died November 2, 1975 (aged 53) • Ostia • Italy
Notable Works “A Violent Life” • “Medea” • “The Ragazzi”

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Pasolini, 1964
Maria Callas as Medea in the 1969 film Medea, wearing ornate costume with embroidered detail, extending her arm and looking to the side with an intense expression.
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Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
American author
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
American author, photographer, and film director
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Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor and director
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Assia Djebar wearing a wide-brimmed blue hat, gold necklace, white blouse, and red jacket, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
Assia Djebar
Algerian writer and filmmaker
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Hugo Claus
Belgian writer, director, and painter
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
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
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Riccardo Bacchelli
Italian author
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Elsa Morante
Italian author
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Cesare Zavattini
Italian screenwriter, author, and painter
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian-French author
Bassani, 1987
Giorgio Bassani
Italian author
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Leonardo Sciascia
Italian author
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Marino Moretti
Italian poet
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Massimo Bontempelli
Italian poet

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