Raffaele La Capria
1922
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2022
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Italy
native language: Italian
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)
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