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Born November 14, 1893 • Milan • Italy
Died May 21, 1973 (aged 79) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works “Acquainted with Grief” • “That Awful Mess on Via Merulana”
Giovanni Guareschi
Italian journalist and novelist
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
Elsa Morante
Italian author
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
Grazia Deledda
Italian author
Papini, Giovanni
Giovanni Papini
Italian author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
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
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
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Italo Calvino
Italian author
Riccardo Bacchelli
Italian author
Elio Vittorini
Italian author
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer
Carlo, Conte Gozzi
Italian author