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Tommaso Landolfi

1908 - 1979

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Tommaso Landolfi (9 August 1908 – 8 July 1979) was an Italian writer, translator and literary critic. His numerous grotesque tales and novels, sometimes on the border of speculative fiction, science fiction and realism, place him in a unique and unorthodox position among Italian writers. He won a number of awards, including the prestigious Strega Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommaso Landolfi is the 4,604th most popular writer (down from 4,132nd in 2019). (down from 3,411th in 2019)

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Among writers, Tommaso Landolfi ranks 4,604 out of 7,302Before him are Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Wen Yiduo, Anne Carson, Robert Richardson, Sandra Brown, and Mira Lobe. After him are Paruyr Sevak, Per Wästberg, Mervyn Peake, Einar Benediktsson, Ekaterine Gabashvili, and Solomana Kante.

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Among people born in 1908, Tommaso Landolfi ranks 273Before him are Devika Rani, Yvette Cauchois, Buddy Ebsen, Aleksei Arbuzov, Helmut Käutner, and Jenő Vincze. After him are Winston Graham, Arkhip Lyulka, Isaak Kikoin, Louis Daquin, Rudolf Gramlich, and Marina Ladynina. Among people deceased in 1979, Tommaso Landolfi ranks 190Before him are Paul Meurisse, Louis Paul Boon, Mohamed Akid, Stan Kenton, Heinz Erhardt, and John Cromwell. After him are Willibald Schmaus, Paul Paray, Andreo Cseh, Eduardo González Valiño, Gustav Winckler, and Juan Arremón.

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