Vincenzo Consolo (18 February 1933 – 21 January 2012[1]) was an Italian writer.
Consolo was born in Sant'Agata di Militello but resided in Milan from 1969 until his death. He began his literary career in 1963, but gained wider attention in 1976 with Il sorriso dell’ignoto marinaio (The Smile of the Unknown Mariner) and went on to become an award-winning author.[2]
In 2008 he was in Lisbon for a conference at Istituto Italiano di Cultura, where he met with the Portuguese poet Casimiro de Brito[3] and Anna Luisa Pignatelli and wrote a comment on her novel "Nero Toscano".[4][5]
Vincenzo Consolo won the Strega Prize with Nottetempo Casa per Casa (At night, from house to house) concerning 1920s Sicily and the rise of fascism. He also been given an honorary doctorate by the University of Palermo. In 1994 he was awarded with the Premio Internazionale Unione Latina.[6]
vincenzo, consolo, february, 1933, january, 2012, italian, writer, consolo, born, sant, agata, militello, resided, milan, from, 1969, until, death, began, literary, career, 1963, gained, wider, attention, 1976, with, sorriso, dell, ignoto, marinaio, smile, unk. Vincenzo Consolo 18 February 1933 21 January 2012 1 was an Italian writer Consolo was born in Sant Agata di Militello but resided in Milan from 1969 until his death He began his literary career in 1963 but gained wider attention in 1976 with Il sorriso dell ignoto marinaio The Smile of the Unknown Mariner and went on to become an award winning author 2 In 2008 he was in Lisbon for a conference at Istituto Italiano di Cultura where he met with the Portuguese poet Casimiro de Brito 3 and Anna Luisa Pignatelli and wrote a comment on her novel Nero Toscano 4 5 Vincenzo Consolo won the Strega Prize with Nottetempo Casa per Casa At night from house to house concerning 1920s Sicily and the rise of fascism He also been given an honorary doctorate by the University of Palermo In 1994 he was awarded with the Premio Internazionale Unione Latina 6 He died in Milan in 2012 after a long illness Awards edit1985 Pirandello Award with Lunaria 7 1988 Grinzane Cavour Prize with Retablo 8 1992 Strega Prize with Nottetempo casa per casa 9 1994 International Latin Union Prize with L olivo e l olivastro 10 1999 Brancati Prize with Lo spasimo di Palermo 10 1999 Flaiano Prize 11 2000 Feronia Citta di Fiano Prize with Di qua dal faro 12 2011 Ostana Prize Scritture in lingua madre Special Prize 13 References edit Der Sizilianer Zum Tod des italienischen Schriftstellers Vincenzo Consolo Suddeutsche Zeitung dead link rai International Online Archived 2008 06 14 at the Wayback Machine Incontro con Vincenzo Consolo iiclisbona esteri it in Italian Retrieved 2020 12 14 Nero Toscano ASIN 8897012515 Ruggine Anna Luisa Pignatelli Fazi Editore Retrieved 2020 12 14 Vincenzo Consolo internationales literaturfestival berlin www literaturfestival com Retrieved 2020 12 14 A GASSMAN IL PREMIO PIRANDELLO la Repubblica it Archivio la Repubblica it in Italian 1985 07 07 Retrieved 2023 05 22 Archivio Festivaletteratura 2019 05 11 Archived from the original on 2019 05 11 Retrieved 2023 05 22 1992 Vincenzo Consolo Premio Strega 2019 2019 04 15 Archived from the original on 2019 04 15 Retrieved 2023 05 22 a b CONSOLO Vincenzo in Dizionario Biografico www treccani it in Italian Retrieved 2023 05 22 Flaiano Premi Vincitori Premi Internazionali Flaiano anno 1999 www premiflaiano com in Italian Retrieved 2023 05 22 Premio Letterario Feronia Citt di Fiano 2000 2019 05 11 Archived from the original on 2019 05 11 Retrieved 2023 05 22 Vincenzo Consolo Premio Speciale www chambradoc it Retrieved 2023 05 22 nbsp nbsp This biographical article about an Italian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vincenzo Consolo amp oldid 1197899438, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
