Luigi Capuana

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Born	May 28, 1839 • Italy
Died	November 29, 1915 (aged 76) • Catania • Italy • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Notable Works	“Giacinta” • “Il Marchese di Roccaverdina”
Movement / Style	verismo
Subjects Of Study	literature • realism • verismo • naturalism

Grazia Deledda

Italian author

Masamune Hakuchō.

Masamune Hakuchō

Japanese author

Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Riccardo Bacchelli

Italian author

Verga

Giovanni Verga

Italian author

August Strindberg

August Strindberg

Swedish dramatist

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer

Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson

American critic

Leopoldo Alas.

Leopoldo Alas

Spanish writer

V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British writer

Henrik Pontoppidan, 1917.

Henrik Pontoppidan

Danish author

Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

Jean-François Marmontel

French author

Émile Zola.

Émile Zola

French author

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Italian author and literary critic

Silone, 1969

Ignazio Silone

Italian author

Svevo, Italo

Italo Svevo

Italian author

Italo Calvino

Italian author

Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet