Raffaele La Capria
Raffaele La Capria | |
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| Born | 3 October 1922 Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 26 June 2022 (aged 99) Rome, Italy |
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| Notable awards | Strega Prize 1961 Premio Campiello 2001 Lifetime Achievement Viareggio Prize 2005 |
Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.
His second novel, Ferito a morte (Mortal Wound), won Italy's most prestigious literary award, the Strega Prize, and is today considered a classic of Italian literature. Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time".