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Also Known As Kurt Erich Suckert
Born June 9, 1898 • Prato • Italy
Died July 19, 1957 (aged 59) • Rome • Italy
Founder “900” • “La Conquista dello stato”
Notable Works “Anche le donne hanno perso la guerra” • “Coup d’État, the Technique of Revolution” • “Das Kapital” • “Kaputt” • “Prospettive” • “The Skin”
Movement / Style Neorealism
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Silone, 1969
Ignazio Silone
Italian author
Massimo Bontempelli
Italian poet
Ennio Flaiano
Italian author and critic
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
American writer
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
Dino Buzzati
Italian author
Verga
Giovanni Verga
Italian author
Anna Banti
Italian author and critic
Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow
American author
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov
Russian author
Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
Ed Bullins
American playwright