About Giuseppe Pontiggia
Lived 1934 – 2003 (aged 68). Giuseppe Pontiggia was an Italian writer, aphorist, literary critic and screenwriter.
Giuseppe Pontiggia (; 25 September 1934 – 27 June 2003) was an Italian writer and literary critic.
Biography He was born in Como, and moved to Milan with his family in 1948. In 1959 he graduated from the Università Cattolica in Milan with a thesis on Italo Svevo. After a first unnoticed short story anthology published in 1959, Pontiggia, encouraged by Elio Vittorini, decided to devote himself entirely to writing starting in 1961.
His first novel was L'arte della fuga in 1968. Pontiggia won the Premio Strega in 1989 with La grande sera and the Premio Campiello in 2001 with Nati due volte. He also wrote numerous articles and essays.
He died in Milan in 2003 of a circulatory stroke. He was an atheist.
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Italian writer (1934–2003)
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Giuseppe Pontiggia was born on 25 September 1934 in Como.
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Giuseppe Pontiggia died on 27 June 2003 in Milan.
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Giuseppe Pontiggia was a writer, aphorist, literary critic and screenwriter.
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