Augusto De Angelis (28 June 1888 – 18 July 1944) was an Italian writer and journalist, active in particular during the

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rule in Italy. He was part of the second generation of

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Biography

De Angelis was born in 1888 in

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. He published his first mystery,'' Il banchiere assassinato'', in 1935. He subsequently wrote some twenty crime books, whose protagonist is Commissario Carlo De Vincenzi of the ''squadra mobile'' of

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. Some of them were adapted for television by

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in 1974–1977, with

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playing the role of De Vincenzi. Despite the success of the books, the Fascist government banned them. De Angelis was arrested in 1943, accused of being Anti-Fascist. After a few months he was freed but soon afterwards he was beaten up by a Fascist activist at Bellagio, and died at

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Hospital of the wounds he had received.

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1888 births 1944 deaths Writers from Rome Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-writer-stub