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Giuseppe Berto

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Giuseppe Berto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-12-27 (Mogliano Veneto)
Died
1978-11-01 (Rome) age 63
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Mogliano Veneto → Camp Hereford (USA) → Rome

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter
Active Years
1947-1978

Awards

Viareggio Prize
1964
Work: Incubus
Organization: Premio Viareggio
Result: winner
Campiello Prize
1964
Work: Incubus
Organization: Premio Campiello
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Sky Is Red

1947 novel

a novel about a group of displaced teenagers during World War II

Adaptations
  • [film] The Sky Is Red / Claudio Gora (1950)
Translations
  • translation by Angus Davidson

The Works of God

1948 short stories

short stories

Translations
  • translation by Angus Davidson

The Brigand

1951 novel

a novel

Translations
  • translation by Angus Davidson

Incubus

1964 novel

a novel of neurosis and psychoanalysis

Adaptations
  • [film] Dark Illness / Mario Monicelli (1990)
Translations
  • translation by William Weaver

Antonio in Love

1966 novel

a novel

Adaptations
  • [film] La cosa buffa / Aldo Lado (1972)
Translations
  • translation by William Weaver

Anonymous Venetian

1971 novel

a novel

Adaptations
  • [film] The Anonymous Venetian / Enrico Maria Salerno (1970)
Translations
  • translation by Valerie Southorn

Legacy

An important Italian writer known for his post-war novels.