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Giorgio Pressburger

ジョルジョ・プレスブルガー

Jorujo Puresuburugā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-04-21 (Budapest)
Died
2017-10-05 age 80
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian, Hungarian
Residence History
Budapest (birthplace) → Italy (settled in 1956) → Hungary (Institute of Italian Culture)

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, film director, theatre director, Director of the Institute of Italian Culture
Active Years
1956-2017
Affiliations
Institute of Italian Culture (Hungary)

Awards

Independent Foreign Fiction Award
1992
Work: The Law of White Spaces
Organization: Independent
Result: shortlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Law of White Spaces

1992 novel

Details unknown

Teeth and Spies

novel

Details unknown

Snow and Guilt

short story collection

Details unknown

Legacy

Italian novelist and short story writer born in Hungary, saved by Giorgio Perlasca during WWII, settled in Italy in 1956.

Trivia

  • Saved by Giorgio Perlasca during World War II.