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Giorgio Bassani was an Italian writer, poet, and editor. He is best known for his novel The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1971. Bassani was born in Bologna, Italy, on March 4, 1916. He studied law at the University of Bologna and worked as a journalist and editor for various Italian newspapers and magazines. He was also a member of the Italian Resistance during World War II. Bassani's first novel, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, was published in 1962 and won the Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award. The novel tells the story of a Jewish family living in Ferrara, Italy, during the rise of fascism. The novel was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1971. Bassani's other works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles (1958), The Heron (1966), and The Smell of Hay (1970). He also wrote several collections of short stories, including The Five Stories of Ferrara (1956) and The Company of the Dead (1974). Bassani died in Rome on April 13, 2000. He was 84 years old.

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Occupation writer,actor,miscellaneous
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 4 March, 1916
Birthday 4 March
Birthplace Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Date of death 13 April, 2000
Died Place Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality Italy

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His wife is Valeria Sinigallia (1943 - 13 April 2000) ( his death)

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1958

The city of Ferrara with its Christian-Jewish life became the main subject of his novels like "Gli occhiali d'oro" (1958) and "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" (1962). The motion pictures Gli occhiali d'oro (1987) and the Academy Award winning The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) were based on them.

1957

Vice president of Italy`s public television network RAI and president of "Nostra Italia" (1957).

1954

He was a writer and actor, known for La mano dello straniero (1954), The Wayward Wife (1953) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. He was married to Valeria Sinigallia.

1939

He studied at the University of Bologna and graduated in 1939. One year later, he anonymously published (due to Mussolini's racial policy) his first book "Una città di pianura".

1916

Giorgio Bassani was born on March 4, 1916 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.