Antonio Debenedetti
Antonio Debenedetti (12 June 1937 – 3 October 2021) was an Italian writer.
Antonio Debenedetti
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- Name
- Antonio Debenedetti
- Born
- 12 June 1937
- Birthplace
- Turin, Italy
- Died
- 3 October 2021
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Italy
- Fields
- opinion journalism · creative and professional writing · belletristic literature · literary criticism
- Honours
- Viareggio Prize · Napoli Prize · Premio Selezione Campiello
- Languages
- Italian
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Antonio Debenedetti lived from 12 June 1937 to 3 October 2021 and was a journalist, writer and literary critic.
Life
Antonio Debenedetti was born on 12 June 1937; the birthplace is Turin, Italy, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Antonio Debenedetti died on 3 October 2021; the place of death is Rome, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Key facts
• Name — Antonio Debenedetti • Born — 12 June 1937 • Birthplace — Turin, Italy • Died — 3 October 2021 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Writer
Biography
Biography
Debenedetti received the Viareggio Prize in Fiction in 1991 for Se la vita non è vita and the Napoli Prize in 2005 for E fu settembre.
Works
Works
• Rifiuto di obbedienza (1958) • Monsieur Kitsch (1972) • Se la vita non è vita (1976) • Maman (1976) • In assenza del signor Plot (1976) • Ancora un bacio (1981) • Spavaldi e strambi (1987) • Racconti naturali e straordinari (1993) • Giacomino (1994) • Amarsi male. Undici sentimenti brevi (1998) • Un giovedì dopo le cinque (2000) • E fu settembre (2005) • Un piccolo grande Novecento. Conversazione con Paolo Di Paolo (2005) • In due (2008) • L' ultimo dandy (2009) • Quasi un racconto (2009) • E nessuno si accorse che mancava una stella (2010) • Dal Piacere alla Dolce Vita. Roma 1889-1960, una capitale allo specchio (2010) • Il tempo degli angeli e degli assassini (2011)
Identity
Identity
Antonio Debenedetti is recorded as having received Viareggio Prize, Napoli Prize and Premio Selezione Campiello. Career and activity. Debenedetti worked in opinion journalism, creative and professional writing, belletristic literature, literary criticism and poetry.
Life and career
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1937
Antonio Debenedetti born at Turin.
2021
Antonio Debenedetti died at Rome.
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Honors
• Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004)
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