Giorgio Manganelli was an Italian fiction writer, essayist, translator, journalist, and literary critic born on November 15, 1922. He is best known for his Viareggio Prize-winning short story collection Centuria (1979), as well as his other works such as Agli Dei Ulteriori (1972) and La Letteratura Come Menzogna (1967). He was a prolific writer and his works are still remembered today.
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About
Perhaps most well known for his Viareggio Prize-winning, avant-garde short story collection Centuria (1979), this Italian fiction Writer, Essayist, translator, Journalist, and literary critic is also remembered for nearly fifty other works, including Agli Dei Ulteriori (1972) and La Letteratura Come Menzogna (1967).
Before Fame
In the 1960s, while a member of an experimental writers' society called Gruppo 63, he penned and published an early-career work titled Hilarotragoedia.
Trivia
Several of his most famous works were translated into English by Henry Martin.
Family Life
He spent his youth in Milan, Italy, and died in Rome at the age of sixty-seven.
Associated With
He translated Edgar Allan Poe's complete short stories into the Italian language.