biography
pronunciation:
[raya]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1921–94)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Nocera Inferiore, Campania, SW Italy. A leading exponent of neo-realism, in his work he succeeded in painting a vivid portrait of S Italian life, as in Spaccanapoli (1947), Ritratto di maggio (1953), Una vampata di rossore (1959), Diario napoletano (1971), and Pensieri della notte (1987). |
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