Ermanno Rea (28 July 1927 – 13 September 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist and journalist.
Life and career
Rea was born in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
. During World War II, he was a partisan of the Garibaldi Brigade "Gino Menconi". After the war, he started working as a journalist for a number of publications including ''
L'Unità'', ''
Panorama
A panorama (formed from Greek language, Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any Obtuse angle, wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography (panoramic photography), film, seismic image ...
'', ''
Il Giorno'' and ''Tempo Illustrato''.
In 1996, Rea won the
Viareggio Prize with the autobiographical novel ''Mistero napoletano''; in 1999, he won the
Campiello Prize with the novel ''Fuochi fiammanti a un'hora di notte''.
In 2008, he was a finalist for the
Strega Prize with the novel ''Napoli ferrovia''.
His 2002 novel ''La dismissione'' was adapted into a film, ''
The Missing Star'', directed by
Gianni Amelio. His 2016 novel ''Nostalgia'' was adapted into the
2022 film of the same title directed by
Mario Martone
Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.
His films '' Nasty Love'' (1995) and ''Nostalgia ...
.
Rea died on 13 September 2016 at the age of 89.
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1927 births
2016 deaths
Writers from Naples
Premio Campiello winners
Viareggio Prize winners
21st-century Italian novelists
Italian male novelists
21st-century Italian male writers
Journalists from Naples
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