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Leonardo Sciascia
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Film & TV
Racalmuto, Italy
Known for
- Leonardo Sciascia, scrittore alieno — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Self1988
- Con il cuore fermo, Sicilia — Narrator1965
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Key facts
- Constituency
- Rome
- Born
- ( 1921-01-08 ) 8 January 1921, Racalmuto , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 20 November 1989 (1989-11-20) (aged 68), Palermo , Italy
- Party
- PCI (1975–1977), PR (1979–1984)
- Occupation
- Writer novelist journalist political activist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leonardo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Racalmuto
- Place of death
- Palermo
- Occupation
- school teacher
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Political party
- Radical Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Italian
- Image
- Leonardo Sciascia2.jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- date of birth
- 1921-01-08
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- 1989-11-20
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- name in native language
- Leonardo Sciascia
- medical condition
- multiple myeloma
- writing language
- Italian
- cause of death
- multiple myeloma
- significant person
- Mario Bardi
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Leonardo Sciascia ( Italian: [leoˈnardo ʃˈʃaʃʃa] ; 8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Porte Aperte (1990; Open Doors), Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976; Illustrious Corpses), Todo Modo (also 1976) and Il giorno della civetta (1968; The Day of the Owl).
Biography
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