Carlo Cassola
Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an Italian novelist and essayist. His novel La Ragazza di Bube (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963.
Carlo Cassola
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- Born
- 17 March 1917
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- 29 January 1987
- Place of death
- Montecarlo, Tuscany, Italy
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- writer · politician · novelist · screenwriter · essayist · partisan
- Honours
- Strega Prize · Bagutta Prize · Napoli Prize · Grifone d'Oro · Bancarella Literary Prize · Premio Selezione Campiello
- Languages
- Italian
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Carlo Cassola (17 March 1917 – 29 January 1987) was an Italian novelist and essayist. His novel La Ragazza di Bube (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963.
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• Born — 17 March 1917 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Died — 29 January 1987 • Place of death — Montecarlo, Tuscany, Italy
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Carlo Cassola is recorded as having received Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize and Napoli Prize. Recognition and collections. Cassola received Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize, Napoli Prize, Grifone d'Oro, Bancarella Literary Prize and Premio Selezione Campiello.
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1917
Carlo Cassola born at Rome.
1987
Carlo Cassola died at Montecarlo.
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scholarly publication
- CARLO CASSOLA (1917–1987), Italian Environmental Literature, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
- Incontro con Carlo Cassola, Quaderni d'italianistica, 1986
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1986
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q530655: Carlo Cassola
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- “Carlo Cassola”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
CARLO CASSOLA (1917–1987), Italian Environmental Literature, 2003Crossref registry
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Incontro con Carlo Cassola, Quaderni d'italianistica, 1986Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q530655: Carlo CassolaWikimedia Foundation
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