Carlo Cassola
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Carlo Cassola was an important Italian novelist and essayist. His novel La Ragazza di Bube (1960), which received the Strega Prize
, was adapted into a film (named the same as the novel) by Luigi Comencini
in 1963.
Strega Prize
The Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. It has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction by an Italian author and first published between 1 May of the previous year and 30 April...
, was adapted into a film (named the same as the novel) by Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
in 1963.