Ermanno Rea

Writer Jul 28 (died age 89) Naples, Italy 2001–2024 (23 year career)

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Biography

Ermanno Rea (28 July 1927 – 13 September 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist and journalist. Born in Naples, during World War II he was a partisan in the Garibaldi Brigade "Gino Menconi". After the war, he started working as a journalist, writing for L'Unità, Panorama, Il Giorno and Tempo Illustrato. In 1996, he won the Viareggio Prize with the autobiographical novel Mistero napoletano; in 1999, he won the Campiello Prize with Fuochi fiammanti a un'hora di notte. In 2008, he was a finalist…