Giovanni Verga
Giovanni Verga | |
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| Senator of the Kingdom of Italy | |
| In office 3 October 1920 – 27 January 1922 | |
| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
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| Born | Giovanni Carmelo Verga 2 September 1840 Catania, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| Died | 27 January 1922 (aged 81) Catania, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Historical Left (1890–1896) Historical Right (1896–1911) Italian Nationalist Association (1911–1922) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni karˈmɛːlo ˈverɡa]; 2 September 1840 – 27 January 1922) 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.