biography
pronunciation:
[skotelahroh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1923–53)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Tricarico, Basilicata, S Italy. He was the socialist mayor of his home town after the War. His work describes in a tone between the neo-realistic and the epic the miserable life of Southern peasants and shows deep social commitment. He wrote essays (Contadini del Sud, 1954) and novels (L'uva puttanella, 1955), and the collected poems È fatto giorno (1954) and Margherite e rosolacci 1941–1953 (1978). |
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