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Showing posts with label Novelists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novelists. Show all posts
18 February 2024

Alessandro Varaldo – crime writer and playwright

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The first Italian author of gialli to be accepted by Mondadori Varaldo's Il sette bello was the first giallo by an Italian Alessandro ...
27 January 2024

Marco Malvaldi – crime writer and chemist

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Author has mastered the science of detective fiction Marco Malvadi began his writing career with La briscola in cinque Novelist Marco Malval...
31 March 2022

Maurizio De Giovanni – crime writer

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Detective novelist has opened up his native Naples to crime fiction fans Maurizio De Giovanni worked in a  bank before becoming a full-time ...
4 March 2022

Giorgio Bassani - writer and novelist

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Best-known work reflected plight of wealthy Jewish Italians in 1930s Giorgio Bassani's novels drew on his own background in Ferrara Gior...
22 July 2021

Massimo Carlotto - novelist

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Writer wrongly jailed for murder now best-selling author Massimo Carlotto is best known for his Alligator mysteries Massimo Carlotto, the be...
19 September 2019

Italo Calvino – writer

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One of 20th century Italy's most important authors Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 but moved to Sanremo with his Italian-b...
14 December 2018

Luciano Bianciardi - novelist and translator

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Writer who brought contemporary American literature to Italian audiences Luciano Bianciardi devoted much of his life to literature T...
12 December 2018

Susanna Tamaro - bestselling author

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Writer’s third published novel was international hit Susanna Tamaro's novel is one of the biggest selling fiction titles in Italia...
14 November 2018

Carlo Emilio Gadda - writer and novelist

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Author who drew comparisons with Levi and Joyce Carlo Emilio Gadda was an engineer before he became a full-time writer The essayist ...