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Born	March 4, 1916 • Bologna • Italy
Died	April 13, 2000 (aged 84) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works	“Five Stories of Ferrara” • “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis”

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Massimo Bontempelli

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Luigi Pirandello

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Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Alessandro Manzoni

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Eugenio Montale

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Ugo Foscolo

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Leonardo Sciascia

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Marino Moretti

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Vittorio Sereni

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