Raffaele La Capria

1922 - 2022

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Italy

native language: Italian

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian, English, French

educated at: University of Naples Federico II

occupation: linguist, writer, screenwriter, author, novelist, translator, journalist

award received: Strega Prize, Viareggio Prize, Premio Campiello, Napoli Prize

Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022) 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. Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time". Source: Wikipedia (en)