Nicola Pugliese (8 August 1944, Milan – 25 April 2012, Avella) was an Italian author and journalist. He published his debut novel, ''Malacqua,'' in 1977. Despite selling out in days, he requested not be reprinted and retired to a private life in Avella. It wasn’t printed again until after his death in 2012. An English translation of ''Malacqua'' (trans.

Shaun Whiteside Shaun Whiteside (born 1959) is a Northern Irish translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many novels, including '' Manituana'' and ''Altai'' by Wu Ming, ''The Weekend'' by Bernhard Schlink, ''Serotonin'' b ...

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in 2017.

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1944 births 2012 deaths Writers from Milan Italian male novelists Italian male journalists 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian journalists Journalists from Milan {{Italy-writer-stub