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Raffaele La Capria | |
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| Born | 3 October 1922 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 26 June 2022 (aged 99) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
| Language | Italian |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Notable awards | Premio Strega 1961 Premio Campiello 2001 Lifetime Achievement Viareggio Prize 2005 |
Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022)[1] was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.
His second novel, The Mortal Wound (Ferito a morte), won Italy's most prestigious award, the Strega Prize, and is today considered a classic of Italian literature.[2] Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time".[3][4]
- ^ Profile of Raffaele La Capria
- ^ Benevento, Aurelio. (2006). Scrittori del Sud : Pirandello, Gatto, Rea, Prisco e La Capria. Napoli: Edizioni scientifiche italiane. ISBN 88-495-1258-9. OCLC 73638546.
- ^ Radicale, Radio (17 October 2018). "Proiezione del programma di Fabrizio Corallo "Napoli Signora" e presentazione del libro di Raffaele La Capria "Il fallimento della consapevolezza" (Arnoldo Mondadori)". Radio Radicale (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Sandro Veronesi's tweet". Twitter (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.