biography
| name: |
Guareschi, Giovanni
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pronunciation:
[gwareskee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1908–68)
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| biography:
| Writer and journalist, born in Parma, N Italy. He became editor of the Milan magazine Bertoldo, and after World War 2 continued in journalism. He achieved fame with his stories of the village priest, beginning with The Little World of Don Camillo (1950). The books were illustrated with his own drawings. |
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