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Carlo Cassola

Italian novelist (1917-1987) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 69

Carlo Cassola was an Italian novelist and essayist. His novel La Ragazza di Bube (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963.

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1987Died29 January 19871978Bagutta PrizeAward1976Bancarella Literary PrizeAward1970Napoli PrizeAward1960Strega PrizeAward1959Grifone d'OroAward1917Born17 March 1917

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Bagutta Prize1978
Bancarella Literary Prize1976
Napoli Prize1970
Strega Prize1960
Grifone d'Oro1959

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Country
Italy
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1987 · aged 69

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