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Ninfa plebea

by Domenico Rea

Premio Strega · 1993 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9788802075228

Award History

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Premio Strega1993Winner

About the Author

Domenico Rea (1921–1994) was an Italian writer and journalist born in Naples, renowned for his neorealist short stories depicting everyday life in southern Italy, such as Spaccanapoli (1947) and Gesù, fate luce (1951, Viareggio Prize winner). His late novel Ninfa plebea (1992) won the prestigious Strega Prize and was adapted into a film by Lina Wertmüller.

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