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Italian writer and journalist
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Place of birth
Naples, Italy
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Rome, Italy
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89 years
Awards
Viareggio Prize
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Biography
Ermanno Rea (28 July 1927 – 13 September 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist and journalist.
Life and career
Rea was born in Naples. During World War II, he was a partisan of the Garibaldi Brigade "Gino Menconi". After the war, he started working as a journalist for a number of publications including L'Unità, Panorama, Il Giorno and Tempo Illustrato.
In 1996, Rea won the Viareggio Prizewith the autobiographical novel Mistero napoletano; in 1999, he won the Campiello Prize with the novel Fuochi fiammanti a un'hora di notte.In 2008, he was a finalist for the Strega Prize with the novel Napoli ferrovia.His 2002 novel La dismissione was adapted into a film, The Missing Star, directed by Gianni Amelio.
Rea died on 13 September 2016 at the age of 89.
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