Carlo Bernari (born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

on October 13, 1909; died in

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on October 22, 1992) is the pseudonym under which Italian author Carlo Bernard is known.

Life and career

He had no formal education after grade seven, when he was expelled, but read widely in philosophy and art. At an early point he became interested in avant-garde art and experimentalism. He also became close to leftist intellectuals and artists His first novel, ''Tre Operai'' (''Three Workers''), concerned workers issues in Naples. The book may have been a precursor to neo-realism and reportedly angered

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who felt there was

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Awards

In 1950, he shared the

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( it, Premio Viareggio, italic=no or ) is an Italian literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Rèpaci, to rival the Milanese ...

with Francesco Jovine. In 1962, he was nominated for an

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for his work on the screenplay of '' The Four Days of Naples''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936)

References

20th-century Italian screenwriters 1909 births 1992 deaths Writers from Naples 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers Viareggio Prize winners Italian male novelists Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-writer-stub