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Elio Vittorini (1908–1966)

Author of Conversations in Sicily

Includes the names: E Vittorini, Elio Vitorini, Elio Vittorine, Elio Vittorini, Elio Vittorini, Elio Vittorini, Elio Vittorini Translated By Wilfred David Introdu

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Works by Elio Vittorini

Conversations in Sicily 534 copies, 6 reviews
Men and Not Men 301 copies, 6 reviews
The Red Carnation 141 copies, 3 reviews
Women of Messina 45 copies, 1 review
Sardegna come un'infanzia 40 copies
The Twilight Of The Elephant 26 copies, 1 review
Diario in pubblico 25 copies
Le città del mondo 24 copies
A Vittorini Omnibus: In Sicily, the Twilight of the Elephant, La… 24 copies
The Dark and the Light 18 copies
Americana 17 copies
Piccola borghesia 17 copies
Le opere narrative (I Meridiani) 12 copies
Novelle del novecento: an anthology 9 copies

Vrouwen langs de weg 7 copies

Erica und ihre Geschwister 7 copies

Il brigantino del Papa (La Piccola scala Rizzoli) (Italian Edition) 6 copies

Die Garibaldina 6 copies

Nome e lagrime 5 copies

Le opere narrative vol. 2 4 copies

Il Politecnico 3 copies

Letteratura arte società. Articoli e interventi 1926-1937 3 copies

Les hommes et la poussière 3 copies

Gli anni del "Politecnico". Lettere 1945-1951 3 copies

Tears and Wine 2 copies

Women on the Road: Three Short Novels 2 copies

Le città del mondo: una sceneggiatura 2 copies

Le due tensioni. Appunti per una ideologia della letteratura 2 copies

Americana [vol. 1 of 2] 2 copies

Americana [vol. 2 of 2] 2 copies

Letteratura arte società. Articoli e interventi 1938-1965 vol. 2 2 copies

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Also by Elio Vittorini

The Power and the Glory (Translator, some editions) 6,290 copies, 90 reviews
Tortilla Flat (Translator, some editions) 4,712 copies, 76 reviews
The Pastures of Heaven (Translator, some editions) 1,028 copies, 23 reviews
The Plumed Serpent (Translator, some editions) 857 copies, 8 reviews
Great Italian Short Stories (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories (Contributor) 33 copies, 2 reviews
Six Modern Italian Novellas (Contributor) 25 copies
Relatos italianos del Siglo XX (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
Modern Italian Short Stories (Contributor) 4 copies

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Cimitero di Concorezzo, Lombardy, Italy

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Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

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Syracuse, Sicily, Italy (birth)

Milan, Italy (death)

Florence, Italy

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literary critic

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Sgandurra, Lucia (mother)

Vittorini, Sebastiano (father)

Quasimodo, Rosa (wife)

Vittorini, Giusto Curzio (son)

Vittorini, Demetrio (son)

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