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Corrado Alvaro

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Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays, and plays (1895–1956)

Person · Open Library

Born
1895
Died
1956
Works
108

Top works

  • Scrittori contemporanei
  • Tutti i romanzi
  • Itinerario italiano
  • Il viaggio
  • Gente in Aspromonte

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
NL
Active from
1987-01-27

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Key facts

Born
( 1895-04-15 ) 15 April 1895, San Luca , Italy
Died
11 June 1956 (1956-06-11) (aged 61), Rome , Italy
Occupation
Journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays
Language
Italian
Nationality
Italian
Genre
Verismo
Notable works
Gente in Aspromonte (Revolt in Aspromonte)
Notable awards
Strega Prize (Premio Strega) in 1951

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Encyclopedic overview

Corrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describe the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. His first success was Gente in Aspromonte (Revolt in Aspromonte), which examined the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria, and is considered by many critics to be his masterpiece.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corrado Alvaro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.