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Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in

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– 31 August 1986 in

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) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He won the

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( or ) is an Italian literature, literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscany, Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Repaci, to rival the Milanese Bagutta Priz ...

in 1965 for his novel ''Il padrone'' ''(The Boss)'' and the

Strega Prize The Strega Prize ( ) is the most important 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 between 1 March of t ...

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. by Stuart Hood, New York: Knopf, 1955 *''The Boss'', trans. by

William Weaver William Fense Weaver (24 July 1923 – 12 November 2013) was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino,Bruce Webe"Willi ...

, New York: Knopf, 1966 *''Solitudes'', trans. by Isabel Quigly, 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 ''Boccaccio '70'' is a 1962 comedy anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli and Luchino Visconti from an idea by Cesare Zavattini. It consists of four episodes, each by one of the directors, all about ...

'' (1962) * '' La cuccagna'' (1962) * '' Careless'' (1962) * '' Agostino'' (1962) * '' Oggi, domani, dopodomani'' (1965) * '' L'assoluto naturale'' (1969)

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