Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1959) Winner
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
ジュゼッペ・トマージ・ディ・ランペドゥーサ
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Aliases:
Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa / 12th Duke of Palma
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1896-12-23 （Palermo）
- Died
- 1957-07-23 （Rome） age 60
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Russian
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Palermo → Santa Margherita di Belice → Rome → Genoa → Turin → Tuscany → Capo d'Orlando → Ficarra
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Aristocrat, Prince of Lampedusa, Duke of Palma
- Active Years
- 1954-1957
- Affiliations
- President of Palermo provincial committee of Italian Red Cross
- Influenced By
- William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Stendhal, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Dickens, John Keats, Giacomo Leopardi
- Influenced
- Francesco Orlando, Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liceo classico Rome / Palermo liceo | — | Classical studies | — | 1911-1914 | Italy |
| University of Genoa | — | Law Faculty | — | 1914-1915 | Italy |
| Law classes in Rome | — | Law | — | 1915 | Italy |
Liceo classico Rome / Palermo liceo
Classical studies
Period:
1911-1914
Country:
Italy
Classical education
University of Genoa
Law Faculty
Period:
1914-1915
Country:
Italy
Attendance unclear
Law classes in Rome
Law
Period:
1915
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Strega Prize | The Leopard | — | Strega Foundation | winner |
Strega Prize
1959
Work:
The Leopard
Organization:
Strega Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Leopard
1958 Historical novel 320 pagesSet during the Risorgimento in Sicily, it follows Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina and his family amid the decline of the aristocracy.
Decline of the aristocracyRisorgimentoNeed for changeSicilian fate
Adaptations
- [Film] The Leopard / ルキノ・ヴィスコンティ (1963)
Translations
- English translation (Archibald Colquhoun)
- Japanese translations
The Professor and the Siren
1961 NovellaA fantastical novella about a professor and a siren.
FantasyLoveDeath
Bibliography
- The Leopard
- Stories
- The Blind Kittens (unfinished)
- Lessons on Stendhal
Adaptations
- 1963 Luchino Visconti film The Leopard
Translations of Works
- Numerous translations including English, French, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant proseRich historical detailImplicit over explicit
- Recurring Motifs
- Decline of Sicilian nobilityChange vs. stasisSolitude and meditation
Health
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Lung cancer1957Cause of death
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Periostitis1942Exempted from military service
Legacy
Posthumously famous for The Leopard, a masterpiece of Italian literature, as the last Prince of Lampedusa.
Archives
- Palermo library (part of private collection preserved)
In Popular Culture
- Asteroid 14846 Lampedusa named after him
- 2019 novel Lampedusa by Steven Price
Quotes
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If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
Source: The Leopard (1958) -
Of my sixteen hours of daily wakefulness, at least ten are spent in solitude.
Source: Autobiographical note (1954)
Trivia
- His novel was rejected by two publishers during his lifetime
- Married a psychoanalyst
- POW in WWI near Vienna
- Adopted musician Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
- Palazzo Lampedusa ruined by WWII bombing