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Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in Vicenza – 31 August 1986 in Treviso) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 for his novel ''Il padrone'' ''(The Boss)'' and the
Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in Vicenza – 31 August 1986 in Treviso) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 for his novel ''Il padrone'' ''(The Boss)'' and the Strega Prize
The Strega Prize ( it, Premio Strega ) is the most prestigious Italian literary award. It has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction written in the Italian language by an author of any nationality and first published ...
in 1982 for ''Sillabario n.2''.
Works
*''The Dead Boy and the Comets'', translated by Marianne Ceconi, New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953 *''Don Gastone and the Ladies'', trans. byStuart Hood
Stuart Clink Hood (17 December 1915 – 31 January 2011) was a Scottish novelist, translator and a former British television producer and Controller of BBC Television.
Life
Hood was born in Edzell, Angus, Scotland. His father was an infant ...
, New York: Knopf, 1955
*''The Boss'', trans. by William Weaver, New York: Knopf, 1966
*''Solitudes'', trans. by Isabel Quigly
Isabel Madeleine Quigly FRSL (17 September 1926 – 14 September 2018) was a writer, translator and film critic.
Biography
She was born in Ontaneda, Spain, and educated at Godolphin School, Salisbury and Newnham College, Cambridge. In her ear ...
, introduction by Natalia Ginzburg, New York: Vintage, 1982
*''Abecedary'', trans. by James Marcus, Marlboro, Vt.: Marlboro Press, 1990
*''The Smell of Blood'', trans by John Shepley, Evanston, Ill.: Marlboro Press/Northwestern, 2003
Selected filmography
* '' Boccaccio '70'' (1962) * ''La cuccagna
''La cuccagna'', internationally released as ''A Girl... and a Million'', is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Salce.
In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 6 ...
'' (1962)
* '' Careless'' (1962)
* '' Agostino'' (1962)
* '' Oggi, domani, dopodomani'' (1965)
References
1929 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers Italian atheists Italian male journalists People from Vicenza Strega Prize winners Viareggio Prize winners Italian male novelists 20th-century Italian journalists {{Italy-writer-stub