Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Novelist, Author
1896 – 1957
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Who was Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa?
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was an Italian writer. He is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo, which is set in his native Sicily during the Risorgimento. A taciturn and solitary man, he passed a great deal of his time reading and meditating, and used to say of himself, "I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people."
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1896
Palermo - Also known as
- Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
- Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
- Giuseppe Lampedusa
- Guiseppe di Lampedusa
- G. Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Alexandra Wolff von Stomersee
(1932 - 1957/07/23)
- Alexandra Wolff von Stomersee
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Kingdom of Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 23, 1957
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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