Name Gesualdo Bufalino | Role Writer | |
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Died June 14, 1996, Vittoria, Sicily, Italy Awards Strega Prize, Nino Martoglio International Book Award Books The Plague Sower, Night's Lies, Museo d'ombre, Las Mentiras de La No, L' amaro miele | ||
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Gesualdo Bufalino ([dʒezuˈaldo bufaˈliːno]; Comiso, Italy, 15 November 1920 - 14 June 1996), was an Italian writer.
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Biography
Gesualdo Bufalino was born in Comiso, Sicily. He studied literature and was a high-school professor in his hometown, for most of his life. Immediately after World War II, he had to spend some time in a hospital for tuberculosis; hence he drew the material for the novel Diceria dell'untore (The Plague Sower). The book was written in 1950, but was published only in 1981, thanks to Bufalino's friend and well-known writer Leonardo Sciascia who discovered his talents. In 1988, the novel Le menzogne della notte (Night's Lies) won the Strega Prize. In 1990 he won the Nino Martoglio International Book Award. In his native town the Biblioteca di Bufalino ("Bufalino's Library") is now named after him.