Salvatore Farina
| Salvatore Farina | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 January 1846 Sorso, Sardinia, Italy |
| Died | 15 December 1918 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | novelist |
Salvatore Farina (10 January 1846 – 15 December 1918) was an Italian novelist whose style of sentimental humor has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.[1]
Life
Born in the Sardinian town of Sorso, he studied law at Turin and Pavia before moving to Milan and taking up literature, remaining there for the rest of his life.
Works
- Il tesoro di Donnina (1873)
- Amore bendato (1875)
- Capelli biondi (1876)
- Mio figlio! (1877-1881)
- Frutti proibiti
- Un tiranno al bagni di mare
- Cuore e blasone
- Due amori
- Amore ha cento occhi
- Per la vita e per la morte
- La mia giornata, a trilogy:
- Dall'alba al meriggio (1910)
- Care ombre (1913)
- Dal meriggio al tramonto (1915)
References
- Convegno Salvatore Farina: la figura e il ruolo a 150 anni dalla nascita (1996 : Sorso, Italy)
- Notes
- ↑ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
External links
- Works by Salvatore Farina at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Salvatore Farina at Internet Archive
- Farina page, with picture (in Italian)
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