Antonio Debenedetti | |
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Born | 12 June 1937 Turin, Italy |
Died | 3 October 2021 84) Rome, Italy | (aged
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Writer |
Antonio Debenedetti (12 June 1937 – 3 October 2021) was an Italian writer. [1]
Debenedetti received the Viareggio Prize in Fiction in 1991 for Se la vita non è vita and the Napoli Prize in 2005 for E fu settembre.
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