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Giovanni Arpino

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Giovanni Arpino

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-01-27 （Pula, Croatia）
Died
1987-12-10 （Turin） age 60
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Pula, Croatia → Bra, Province of Cuneo → Turin

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, sports journalist
Active Years
1952-1987
Affiliations
La Stampa, Il Giornale, La Gazzetta dello Sport

Awards

Strega Prize
1964
Work: L'ombra delle colline
Organization: Strega
Result: 受賞
Premio Campiello
1972
Work: Randagio è l'eroe
Result: 選出
SuperCampiello
1980
Work: Il fratello italiano
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Un delitto d'onore

1960 novel

A novel about Italian divorce customs.

honorfamily
Adaptations
  • [film] Divorce, Italian Style / Pietro Germi (1962)

Il buio e il miele

1969 novel

Story of a blind officer.

disabilityhumanity
Adaptations
  • [film] Profumo di donna / Dino Risi (1974)
  • [film] Scent of a Woman / Martin Brest (1992)
Translations
  • Scent of a Woman (2012)

L'ombra delle colline

1962 novel

Story set in the hills.

youthhometown

Azzurro tenebra

1977 novel

Football novel.

sportspassion

Bibliography

  • Sei stato felice, Giovanni (1952)
  • Gli anni del giudizio (1958)
  • La suora giovane (1959)
  • Un delitto d'onore (1960)
  • Una nuvola d'ira (1962)
  • L'ombra delle colline (1962)
  • Un'anima persa (1966)
  • La babbuina (1967)
  • Il buio e il miele (1969)
  • Randagio è l'eroe (1972)
  • Racconti di vent’anni (1974)
  • L'assalto al treno ed altre storie (1974)
  • Rafé e Micropiede (1974)
  • Domingo il favoloso (1975)
  • Il primo quarto di luna (1976)
  • Azzurro tenebra (1977)
  • Il fratello italiano (1980)
  • Le mille e una Italia (1980)
  • Un gran mare di gente (1981)
  • Bocce ferme (1982)
  • La sposa segreta (1983)
  • Il contadino Genè (1985)
  • Passo d'addio (1986)
  • La trappola amorosa (1988, posthumous)

Adaptations

  • Divorce, Italian Style (1962, dir. Pietro Germi)
  • Profumo di donna (1974, dir. Dino Risi)
  • Scent of a Woman (1992, dir. Martin Brest)
  • Anima persa (1977, dir. Dino Risi)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dry and ironic style

Legacy

Italian writer known for sports novels and ironic style, with many works adapted into films.

Museums

  • Giovanni Arpino Cultural Centre Bra, Italy

In Popular Culture

  • Works remade into Hollywood films.

Trivia

  • A prize for children's literature was established in Bra.