Giuseppe Dessì

Giuseppe Dessì (7 August 1909 – 6 July 1977) was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Sardinia. His novel Paese d'ombre won the 1972 Strega Prize and was translated into English as The forests of Norbio.[1]

Dessì grew up in Villacidro in Sardinia but later moved to Rome.[2]

Works

References

  1. Roy P. Domenico (2002). The regions of Italy: a reference guide to history and culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. Damien Simonis (2003). Sardinia: The Elusive Gem of the Mediterranean. Lonely Planet. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-74059-033-4. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 22, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.