Raffaele La Capria
Italian novelist and screenwriter (1922–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022)[1] was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.
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Born | (1922-10-03)3 October 1922 Naples, Italy |
Died | 26 June 2022(2022-06-26) (aged 99) Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
Language | Italian |
Nationality | Italian |
Notable awards | Premio Strega 1961 Premio Campiello 2001 Lifetime Achievement Viareggio Prize 2005 |
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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]