Giuseppe Berto

1914 - 1978

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: Liceo Classico A. Canova, University of Padua

occupation: writer, screenwriter, film director

award received: Viareggio Prize

Giuseppe Berto (27 December 1914 – 1 November 1978) was an Italian writer and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his novels Il cielo è rosso (The Sky Is Red) and Il male oscuro. He was a prisoner at Camp Hereford from 1943 to 1946. Source: Wikipedia (en)