Giuseppe D'Agata
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Born | Bologna, Italy | 11 January 1927
Died | 29 March 2011 Bologna, Italy | (aged 84)
Occupation | Writer |
Giuseppe D'Agata (11 January 1927 – 29 March 2011) was an Italian author, screenwriter and television writer.
Life and career[]
Born in Bologna, the son of a typographer,[1] at 17 years old D'Agata became a militant in the partisan brigade "Matteotti Sap" and then in 1944 he enrolled the Socialist Party and later the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity.[2] He wrote several novels based on his own experiences as a partisan, and some of his novels such as L' esercito di Scipione and Il medico della mutua were adapted into films.[1][2] He was also active as a screenwriter and a television writer, often collaborating with Andrea Camilleri.[2] His last work was the novel Pippo per gli amici, released in 2007.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lorella Bolelli (29 March 2011). "Giuseppe D'Agata muore per un ictus "E dire che sognava una mostra a casa sua"". Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Valerio Valesi (30 March 2011). "Addio a Giuseppe D' Agata scrisse Il medico della mutua". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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- 1927 births
- 2011 deaths
- Writers from Bologna
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- 21st-century Italian male writers
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- 21st-century Italian novelists
- Italian screenwriters
- Italian television writers
- Italian male screenwriters
- Male television writers
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