Mario Puzo | |
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.jpg) Puzo in 1972 | |
| Born | Mario Francis Puzo October 15, 1920 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 2, 1999 (aged 78) West Bay Shore, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | Mario Cleri |
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| Period | 1955–1999 |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Subject | Mafia |
| Notable works | The Godfather (1969) |
| Spouse |
Erika Lina Broske
(m. 1946; died 1978) |
| Partner | Carol Gino |
| Children | 5 |
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Mario Francis Puzo (/ˈpuːzoʊ/; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso, -ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film and its 1980 sequel. His final novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001.[1]
- ^ Sharp, Michael D. (2006). Popular Contemporary Writers. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1141. ISBN 9780761476092.