Giuseppe Dessì
Giuseppe Dessì (7 August 1909 – 6 July 1977) was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Sardinia. His novel Paese d'ombre won the 1972 Strega Prize and was translated into English as The Forests of Norbio. Dessì grew up in Villacidro in Sardinia but later moved to Rome.
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Giuseppe Dessì
- Born
- Giuseppe Dessì was born on 7 August 1909. · Villacidro.
- Died
- Giuseppe Dessì died on 6 July 1977. · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- writer · playwright
- Honours
- Strega Prize · Bagutta Prize
- Languages
- Italian
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Giuseppe Dessì (7 August 1909 – 6 July 1977) was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Sardinia. His novel Paese d'ombre won the 1972 Strega Prize and was translated into English as The Forests of Norbio. Dessì grew up in Villacidro in Sardinia but later moved to Rome.
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• Il disertore, Milano: Feltrinelli, 1961. Translated by Virginia Hathaway Moriconi as The deserter, 1962. • Paese d'ombre: Romanzo, Milan: A. Mondadori, 1972. Translated by Frances Frenaye as The forests of Norbio, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
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1909
Giuseppe Dessì was born on 7 August 1909.
1977
Giuseppe Dessì died on 6 July 1977.
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Villacidro.
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Rome.
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scholarly publication
- GIUSEPPE DESSÌ (1909–1977), Italian Environmental Literature, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
- Regional identity in Sardinian writing of the twentieth century: The work of Grazia Deledda and Giuseppe Dessì, The Italianist, 2000
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2000
- Scrivere per il teatro Il mondo sardo nei racconti drammatici di Giuseppe Dessì, Revista Italiano UERJ, 2021
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2021
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q554416: Giuseppe Dessì
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Giuseppe Dessì”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1092352910, Giornata per Giuseppe Dessì.
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- 1.Roy P. Domenico. The regions of Italy: a reference guide to history and culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. 260. 2002. 978-0-313-30733-1.
- 2.Damien Simonis. Sardinia: The Elusive Gem of the Mediterranean. Lonely Planet. 28. 2003. 978-1-74059-033-4.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- John C. Barnes, 'Giuseppe Dessì (1909-1977): A bibliography', Bulletin of the Society for Italian Studies, 15 (1982), pp. 26–36.
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scholarly publication
GIUSEPPE DESSÌ (1909–1977), Italian Environmental Literature, 2003Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Regional identity in Sardinian writing of the twentieth century: The work of Grazia Deledda and Giuseppe Dessì, The Italianist, 2000Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Scrivere per il teatro Il mondo sardo nei racconti drammatici di Giuseppe Dessì, Revista Italiano UERJ, 2021Crossref registry
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1092352910, Giornata per Giuseppe Dessì.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q554416: Giuseppe DessìWikimedia Foundation
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