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Elio Vittorini (Italian: [ˈɛːljo vittoˈriːni] ⓘ; 23 July 1908 – 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing.
Elio Vittorini ( Siracusa, 23 luglio 1908 – Milano, 12 febbraio 1966) è stato uno scrittore, traduttore, critico letterario e curatore editoriale italiano . Siciliano, lasciò presto la terra natale per stabilirsi in Friuli, a Firenze e infine a Milano.
Elio Vittorini was a novelist, translator, and literary critic, the author of outstanding novels of Italian Neorealism mirroring his country’s experience of fascism and the social, political, and spiritual agonies of 20th-century man. With Cesare Pavese, he was also a pioneer in the translation.
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Elio Vittorini (July 23, 1908 - February 12, 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941.
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May 29, 2018 · Elio Vittorini was a prominent Italian writer and cultural figure of the mid-twentieth century. He wrote novels, stories, essays, and reviews, and translated English and American literature. He also founded and edited literary journals and anthologies.
Elio Vittorini (July 23, 1908 - February 12, 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941.
Learn about Elio Vittorini, a Sicilian writer and editor who influenced Italian culture in the mid-twentieth century. Explore his novels, essays, letters, and translations of American literature.
