Giovanni Verga
Italian writer (1840-1922) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca was an Italian realist (verista) writer. His novels I Malavoglia (1881) and Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889) are widely recognized as masterpieces. Verga has been called the greatest Italian novelist after Manzoni. D. H. Lawrence translated several of his works into English.
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A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
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Portrait of the young Verga by Antonino Gandolfo
Illustration for the Treves edition of Vergas's Vita dei campi, Milan, 1897
Posthumous edition of Verga's unfinished novel La duchessa di Leyra, introduced by Federico De Roberto
A 20th-century edition of I Malavoglia
Verga's house-museum in Catania
Photo by Verga of Sicilian couple who worked his property in 1897Awards
About this person
Country
Italy
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1840 to 1922 · aged 81
