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Leonardo Sciascia

Italian Literature

Leonardo Sciascia was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright and politician, born on 8 January 1921 and died on 20 November 1989. Some of his works have been made into films, including Porte Aperte, Cadaveri Eccellenti, Todo Modo and Il giorno della civetta, which appeared in English as The Day of the Owl. He was a writer of many forms, from the novel to the essay and the play, and he was active in politics as well as literature.

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1921 1
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1989 1
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    was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician
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    8 January 1921
  • Lead section, death date
    20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist,
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is a crime novel about the Sicilian Mafia by Leonardo Sciascia
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