Member of the European Parliament for Central Italy
In office 17 July 1979 – 24 September 1979
Personal details
Born
(1921-01-08)8 January 1921 Racalmuto, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died
20 November 1989(1989-11-20) (aged 68) Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Political party
PCI (1975–1977) PR[1](1979–1984)
Residence(s)
Palermo, Sicily
Profession
Writer, novelist, journalist, political activist
Leonardo Sciascia (Italian pronunciation:[leoˈnardoʃˈʃaʃʃa]ⓘ; 8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Porte Aperte (1990; Open Doors), Cadaveri Eccellenti (1976; Illustrious Corpses), Todo Modo (also 1976) and Il giorno della civetta (1968; The Day of the Owl). He is one of the greatest literary figures in the European literature of the 20th century.
LeonardoSciascia (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo ʃˈʃaʃʃa] ; 8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright...
Sciascia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈʃaʃʃa]) is a Sicilian surname. It may refer to: 12380 Sciascia, an asteroid named after LeonardoSciascia Filippo Sciascia...
her a Sicilian icon of the twentieth century, much like the writer LeonardoSciascia, the poet Ignazio Buttitta and the painter Renato Guttuso, who counted...
Mastroianni. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by LeonardoSciascia. During a mysterious epidemic in Italy, numerous political leaders...
writer LeonardoSciascia has summarized some of the results of investigations and hypotheses about the disappearance, however, some of Sciascia's conclusions...
widespread since antiquity in the valley of Lake Arancio.[citation needed] LeonardoSciascia breaks down the name Sambuca in As-Sambuqah and interprets it as a...
ˈdʒorno della tʃiˈvetta]) is a crime novel about the Sicilian Mafia by LeonardoSciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961. As the author wrote in his...
meaning to each his own To Each His Own (novel), a 1966 novel by LeonardoSciascia To Each His Own (1946 film), an American drama film starring Olivia...
found several literary talents early in their careers, including: LeonardoSciascia, Vicente Aleixandre (Nobel prize in 1997), Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto...
Mario Rigoni Stern Gianni Celati Andrea De Carlo Daniele Del Giudice LeonardoSciascia A selected bibliography of Calvino's writings follows, listing the...
clues are left for the reader to decipher. Famous writers include LeonardoSciascia, Umberto Eco, and Carlo Emilio Gadda. In Spain, The Nail and Other...
Racalmuto was the birthplace and lifelong home of author LeonardoSciascia (1921–89) LeonardoSciascia: Wine Dark Sea, 2001 Angelo F. Coniglio: The Lady of...
Giovanni Meli, Luigi Capuana, Mario Rapisardi, Federico de Roberto, LeonardoSciascia, Vitaliano Brancati, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Elio Vittorini...
structures in rural Sicily, was adapted from the novel To Each His Own by LeonardoSciascia and received the Best Screenplay Award at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival...
Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the novel Equal Danger by LeonardoSciascia (1971). In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of...
Danger (Italian title: Il contesto) is a 1971 detective novel by LeonardoSciascia where a police inspector investigating a string of murders finds himself...
sogno fatto in Sicilia [it] (1977) or simply Candido is a book by LeonardoSciascia. It was at least partly based on Voltaire's Candide, although the...
Stampa (in Italian). No. 230. p. 3. Michele Montante (Winter 1991). "LeonardoSciascia: The Writer". World Literature Today. 65 (1): 65–68. doi:10.2307/40146124...
Knight and Death (Italian: Il cavaliere la morte) is a crime novel by LeonardoSciascia, published in 1988. The protagonist of the novel is a cultured and...
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