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Raffaele La Capria

1922 - 2022

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Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter. His second novel, Ferito a morte (Mortal Wound), won Italy's most prestigious literary award, the Strega Prize, and is today considered a classic of Italian literature. Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Raffaele La Capria is the 5,745th most popular writer (up from 5,785th in 2024), the 3,992nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,973rd in 2019) and the 275th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raffaele La Capria ranks 5,745 out of 7,302. Before him are Humphrey Carpenter, Timur Vermes, Dominique Bona, János Batsányi, Michael Parenti, and Júlia Lopes de Almeida. After him are Leena Krohn, Martín Luis Guzmán, Rói Patursson, José Rodrigues dos Santos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, and Robert E. Sherwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Raffaele La Capria ranks 376. Before him are Kuno Klötzer, Ray Anthony, Don Patinkin, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Rosendo Hernández, and Regina Resnik. After him are Marjorie Gestring, José Hierro, Ekaterina Kalinchuk, Kathleen Booth, Jeanne Sauvé, and Haskell Wexler. Among people deceased in 2022, Raffaele La Capria ranks 506. Before him are Wolfgang Fahrian, Alexei Panshin, Manuel Muñoz, Norah Vincent, Douglas Trumbull, and Philip Waruinge. After him are Shivkumar Sharma, Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, Bernhard Germeshausen, Julee Cruise, and Richard Baawobr.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Raffaele La Capria ranks 3,994 out of 5,161. Before him are Vincenzo Consolo (1933), Riccardo Nowak (1885), Edera Cordiale (1920), Andrea Trinchieri (1968), Sicard of Benevento (null), Lola Pagnani (1972), and Alberto Cova (1958). After him are Gaetano Martino (1900), Ines Pellegrini (1954), Clarice Benini (1905), Rino Ferrario (1926), and Aldo Costa (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Raffaele La Capria ranks 275. Before him are Federico De Roberto (1861), Carlo Cassola (1917), Pietro Citati (1930), Riccardo Bacchelli (1891), Niccolò Ammaniti (1966), and Vincenzo Consolo (1933). After him are Alfredo Panzini (1863), Luigi Galleani (1861), Lino Aldani (1926), Guido Gozzano (1883), Goffredo Parise (1929), and Alberto Bevilacqua (1934).

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