Carlo Mazzantini (1925–2006) was an
Italian
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writer. He published a number of books; among the best-known is ''A cercar la bella morte'', which was translated by Simonetta Wenkert into English and published under the title ''In Search of a Glorious Death''.
Life
He was born in
Rome
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, and fought in the
Second World War
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. After the war, he lived in
Morocco
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and
Ireland
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, where he worked as a teacher in
Tangier
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and
Galway
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respectively.
In 1957 he married the Irish painter
Anne Donnelly, with whom he had four daughters including the writer
Margaret Mazzantini
Margaret Mazzantini (; born 27 October 1961) is an Italian-Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980 starring in the cult horror classic '' ...
and the actress
Giselda Volodi
Giselda Volodi (born 1959) is an Italian actress. She was born Giselda Mazzantini, in Tangier, Morocco, to the family of writer Carlo Mazzantini and artist Anne Donnelly. She is the sister of writer/actress Margaret Mazzantini and producer Moir ...
.
He died in
Tivoli.
References
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Writers from Rome
1925 births
2006 deaths
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