Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1947) Winner
Ennio Flaiano
エンニオ・フライアーノ
Ennio Flaiano
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1910-03-05 （Pescara）
- Died
- 1972-11-20 （Rome） age 62
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Pescara → Rome
Career
- Occupations
- screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, drama critic
- Active Years
- 1946-1972
- Affiliations
- Cineillustrato, Oggi, Il Mondo, Il Corriere della Sera, Omnibus
- Influenced
- Federico Fellini
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Strega Prize | A Time to Kill | — | Strega | 受賞 |
Strega Prize
1947
Work:
A Time to Kill
Organization:
Strega
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Time to Kill
1947 novelSet in Italian Eritrea during the invasion of Ethiopia, the novel tells of an Italian officer who rapes and kills an Eritrean woman and is tormented by the memory.
colonialisminner emptinessguilt
Adaptations
- [film] Tempo di uccidere / Giuliano Montaldo (1989)
Translations
- Miriam
- The Short Cut
Bibliography
- La guerra spiegata ai poveri
- Tempo di uccidere
- Diario notturno
- La donna nell'armadio
- Una e una notte
- Il gioco e il massacro
- Un marziano a Roma
- Le ombre bianche
- La solitudine del satiro
- Autobiografia del blu di Prussia
- Diario degli errori
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricgrotesqueironic moralistneorealismmodern humorism
- Recurring Motifs
- Rome's urban evolutionparadoxes of contemporary reality
Health
-
heart attack1971-1972affected writing, led to death
Legacy
Known for collaborations with Fellini, awarded Strega Prize. Flaiano Prize established in his honor.
In Popular Culture
- Flaiano Prize
Quotes
-
Chastity is the mirage of obscene people
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In Italy, fascists divide themselves into two categories: fascists and antifascists.
Source: La solitudine del satiro (1973)
Trivia
- Daughter Lelè died in 1992 at age 40.
- Wife Rosetta Rota was a mathematician, aunt of Gian-Carlo Rota.