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''. Perhaps Camon's best-known work in English is his trilogy of fictional memoirs consisting of ''The Fifth Estate'' (''Il Quinto Stato''), ''Life Everlasting'' (''La Vita Eterna''), and ''Memorial'' (''Un altare per la madre'').

Works

*''Il Quinto Stato'', Garzanti, 1970 *''La Vita Eterna'', Garzanti, 1972 *''Liberare l'animale'', Garzanti, 1973 *''Occidente'', Garzanti, 1975 *''Storia di Sirio'', Garzanti, 1984 *''Un altare per la madre'', Garzanti, 1978 *''La malattia chiamata uomo'', Garzanti, 1981 *''La donna dei fili'', Garzanti, 1986 *''Il canto delle balene'', Garzanti, 1989 *''Il Super-Baby'', Rizzoli, 1991 *''Mai visti sole e luna'', Garzanti, 1994 *''La Terra è di tutti'', Garzanti, 1996 *''Dal silenzio delle campagne'', Garzanti, 1998 *''Conversazione con Primo Levi'' *''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'', Garzanti, 2004

Awards

*Premio Luigi Russo (''Il Quinto Stato'') *Premio Città di Prato (''La vita eterna'') *Premio Viareggio di poesia (''Liberare l'animale'') *Premio Strega (''Un altare per la madre'') *Premio Giornalista del mese (al tempo di ''Occidente'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''La donna dei fili'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''Il canto delle balene'') *Premio Elsa Morante (''Il Super-Baby'') *Premio Stazzema Alla Resistenza (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Pen Club (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Città di Bologna (''Dal silenzio delle campagne'') *Premio Giovanni Verga (''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'')

References

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