Vincenzo Consolo, Italian writer, died he was 78.

Vincenzo Consolo  was an Italian writer died he was 78..

(18 February 1933 – 21 January 2012^[1])

Consolo was born in Sant'Agata di Militello, but resided in Milan from 1969 until his death. He began his literary career in 1963, but gained wider attention in 1976 with Il sorriso dell’ignoto marinaio (The Smile of the Unknown Mariner) and went on to become an award-winning author.^[2]


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