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Piero Gadda Conti (13 February 1902 – 22 January 1999) was an Italian novelist and film critic.

Piero Gadda Conti
Born	13 February 1902 (1902-02-13) Milan, Italy
Died	22 January 1999 (1999-01-23) (aged 96) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Novelist, film critic

Born in Milan, the cousin of Carlo Emilio Gadda, he debuted as a novelist in 1924 with L' estusiastica estate.[1] He got his breakout in 1930 with the novel Mozzo, and in 1970 he won the Bagutta Prize with the novel La paura.[1] A film critic for the magazine La Fiera Letteraria and for the newspaper Il Popolo,[1] Gadda Conti was a jury member of the Venice Film Festival five times, in 1950, 1951, 1955, 1958, and 1963.[2]

References

External links

• Piero Gadda Conti at IMDb

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