Giuseppe D'Agata

Giuseppe D'Agata (11 January 1927 – 29 March 2011) was an Italian author, screenwriter and television writer.

Giuseppe D'Agata
Born(1927-01-11)11 January 1927
Bologna, Italy
Died29 March 2011(2011-03-29) (aged 84)
Bologna, Italy
OccupationWriter

Life and career

Born in Bologna, the son of a typographer,[1] at 17 years old D'Agata became a militant in the partisan brigade "Matteotti Sap" and then in 1944 he enrolled the Socialist Party and later the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity.[2] He wrote several novels based on his own experiences as a partisan, and some of his novels such as L' esercito di Scipione and Il medico della mutua were adapted into films.[1][2] He was also active as a screenwriter and a television writer, often collaborating with Andrea Camilleri.[2] His last work was the novel Pippo per gli amici, released in 2007.[2]

gollark: (the foreground one, not the one in the background)
gollark: I got to 1000% with this:
gollark: I wonder if packing a max-size reactor with my design would work.
gollark: ... what are you trying to use this madness with?
gollark: (My coffee machine is built from a compact machine and makes marshmallows, fish, coffee and baguettes, plus coffee cups)

References
  1. Lorella Bolelli (29 March 2011). "Giuseppe D'Agata muore per un ictus "E dire che sognava una mostra a casa sua"". Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. Valerio Valesi (30 March 2011). "Addio a Giuseppe D' Agata scrisse Il medico della mutua". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 August 2015.


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