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Born c.1575 • Naples • Italy
Died February 23, 1632 • Campania • Italy
Notable Works “The Pentamerone”
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
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Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
Silone, 1969
Ignazio Silone
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Cesare Pavese
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Svevo, Italo
Italo Svevo
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Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati
Italian author
Italo Calvino
Italian author
Riccardo Bacchelli
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Elsa Morante
Italian author
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
Vasco Pratolini
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Verga
Giovanni Verga
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Matteo Bandello, engraving by Lapi for a 1791 edition of Novelle
Matteo Bandello
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Anton Francesco Grazzini
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Luigi Capuana
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Grazia Deledda
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Beppe Fenoglio
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