Piero Gadda Conti
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| Piero Gadda Conti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 February 1902 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 22 January 1999 (aged 96) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Novelist, film critic |
Piero Gadda Conti (13 February 1902 – 22 January 1999) was an Italian novelist and 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]
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