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Antonio Pennacchi

アントニオ・ペンナッキ

Antonio Pennacchi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-01-26 (Latina)
Died
2021-08-03 (Latina) age 71
Nationality
イタリア, Italy
Languages
イタリア語, Italian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Latina

Career

Occupations
writer, factory worker
Active Years
1994-2021
Affiliations
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Donzelli
Nominations
Premio Campiello Finalist (2010)

Education

Sapienza University of Rome
Faculty of Literature
Country: Italy
Graduated in literature in the late 1980s

Awards

Strega Prize
2010
Work: Canale Mussolini
Category: 小説
Organization: Strega Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Premio Napoli
2003
Work: Il fasciocomunista
Result: 受賞
Premio nazionale letterario Pisa
1995
Work: Palude
Result: 受賞
Premio del Giovedì Marisa Rusconi
1994
Work: Mammut
Result: 受賞
Acqui Award of History
2010
Work: Canale Mussolini
Category: 年間歴史小説
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Canale Mussolini

2010 historical novel

A novel about the reclamation of the Agro Pontino.

land reclamationfascismworkers

Il fasciocomunista

2003 autobiographical novel

Autobiographical novel about transition from fascist to communist.

political changefamilyideology
Adaptations
  • [film] My Brother Is an Only Child / Daniele Luchetti (2007)

Mammut

1994 novel

Debut novel.

Palude

1995 novel

Novel dedicated to the city of Latina.

Bibliography

  • Mammut (1994)
  • Palude (1995)
  • Il fasciocomunista (2003)
  • L'autobus di Stalin e altri scritti (2005)
  • Shaw 150. Storie di fabbrica e dintorni (2006)
  • Fascio e martello (2008)
  • Canale Mussolini (2010)

Adaptations

  • Il fasciocomunista adapted to film My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismworking-class perspective
Recurring Motifs
Agro Pontinopolitical ideologyfamily

Health

  • heart attack
    2021-08-03
    caused death

Legacy

Strega Prize-winning author known for depicting the reclamation of Agro Pontino and working-class life.

In Popular Culture

  • Adaptation won special award at Cannes Film Festival

Trivia

  • From a large family of seven siblings, including journalist Gianni Pennacchi and economist/politician Laura Pennacchi.
  • Debut novel Mammut received 55 rejections from 33 publishers.