Occupation author Name Ercole Patti | Role Author Nominations Strega Prize | |
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Born 16 February 1903 ( 1903-02-16 ) Catania Died November 15, 1976, Rome, Italy Books That Wonderful November, Giovannino, A Roman Affair, A Love Affair in Rome Movies That Splendid November, Seduction, Love in Rome, The Anatomy of Love, It Happened in the Park Similar People Vitaliano Brancati, Ennio Flaiano, Fernando Di Leo, Giorgio Bassani, Mario Soldati | ||
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Ercole Patti ( 16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian author, dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
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Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family, the nephew of author Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925. After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome where earning a living from journalism. There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed in the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo, where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places. He got notoriety as a novelist in 1940, with Quartieri alti, a satirical portrait of Roman high classes. His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti.
Patti was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films. In addition to novels Patti published collections of short stories and two autobiographical works.