Raffaele La Capria
Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter. His second novel, '' The Mortal Wound'' (''Ferito a morte''), won Italy's most prestigious award, the Strega Prize, and is today considered a classic of Italian literature. Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time". Biography La Capria was born in Naples, where he was to spend the formative years of his life. There he graduated in law, before staying in France, England, and the United States and then settling in Rome. He contributed to the cultural pages of the '' Corriere della Sera'' and was co-director of the literary journal ''Nuovi Argomenti''. A particular interest was English poetry of the 1930s: as well as writing numerous articles he translated works including T. S. Eliot's ''Four Quartets''. In the 1950s he wrote and produced a number of radio programmes for RAI on foreign contemporary drama. In 1957 La Capria was invited to participate in the ...
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Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Metropolitan City of Naples, Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and Naples metropolitan area, its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging ...
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Un Giorno D'impazienza
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining international peace ...
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Gino Melchiorre
Gino may refer to: * Gino (given name) * Gino (surname) * ''Gino'' (film), a 1993 Australian film * ''Gino the Chicken'', Italian TV series See also * *Geno (other) *Gino's (other), various restaurants and fast-food chains *Gina (other) Gina or GINA or ''variation'' may refer to: Gina Gina may refer to: * Gina (given name), multiple individuals * Gina (Canaan), a town in ancient Canaan * Arihant (Jainism), also called gina, a term for a human who has conquered his or her inner p ...

Mario Carbone
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the sett ...
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Saverio Strati
Saverio is a given name of Italian origin. It is a cognate of Xavier and Javier, both of which originate from ''Xabier'', the Basque name for the Spanish town Javier. ''Xabier'' is itself the romanization of ''etxe berri'' meaning "new house" or "new home". Retrieved 28 October 2015 People ; Given name *Sav Rocca (Saverio Giovanni Rocca) (born 1973), Australian professional American football player in the USA *Saverio Bettinelli (1718–1808), Italian writer *Saverio Costanzo (born 1975), Italian film director *Saverio Fava (1832–1913), first Italian ambassador to the USA *Saverio Gandini (1729–1796), Italian painter of the late-Baroque and Neoclassic periods *Saverio Mammoliti (born 1942), Italian 'Ndrangheta boss from Oppido Mamertina and Castellace in Calabria * Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870), Italian composer ; Middle name *Francesco Saverio Romano Francesco Saverio Romano (born 24 December 1964) is an Italian politician and lawyer. He served as the minister of agricu ...
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Fiori Giapponesi
Fiori may refer to: *Fiori (pasta), a decorative shape of extruded pasta *Fiori (surname), various people with the surname * Fiori musicali, a collection of liturgical organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, first published in 1635 *Campo de' Fiori, a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy * S.P. Tre Fiori (Società Polisportiva Tre Fiori), a Sanmarinese football club See also *Fiore (other) Fiore means ''flower'' in Italian. It may refer to: * Fiore (surname), notable people with the surname *San Giovanni in Fiore, town in southern Italy (Calabria) * Fiore (Pokémon), a region in the fictional Pokémon universe * Sailor Moon R movie#F ...

False Partenze
False or falsehood may refer to: *False (logic), the negation of truth in classical logic * Lie or falsehood, a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement *false (Unix), a Unix command * ''False'' (album), a 1992 album by Gorefest *Matthew Dear or False (born 1979), American DJ and producer * ''Falsehood'' (1952 film), an Italian melodrama film * ''Falsehood'' (2001 film), an American short film See also * *Anrita Adharma is the Sanskrit antonym of dharma. It means "that which is not in accord with the dharma". Connotations include betrayal, discord, disharmony, unnaturalness, wrongness, evil, immorality, unrighteousness, wickedness, and vice..In Indian s ...

Colapesce (La Capria)
Cola Pesce, also known as Pesce Cola (i.e., Nicholas Fish) is an Italian folktale about a merman, mentioned in literature as early as the 12th century. Many variants and retellings have been recorded. Early literature The first known literary mention was by a 12th-century poet, Raimon Jordon of Provencal, who was referred to a "Nichola de Bar" (Nicholas of Bari) who lived with the fishes. Walter Map recorded a story of "Nicholas Pipe," who appeared like a normal human but had the ability to live under the sea for long periods of time, and would warn ships of storms. King William of Sicily commanded that he be brought to him, but Nicholas Pipe could not live away from the ocean and died when he was captured. Gervase of Tilbury's version told of Nicholas Papa of Apulia, a skilled sailor who was sent by King Roger of Sicily to explore the bottom of the ocean, and reported seeing trees, valleys and mountains underwater. Folk versions In a version from Palermo, edited by Ital ...
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Premio Selezione Campiello
The ''Premio Campiello'' is an annual Italian literary prize. A Jury of Literary Experts (''Giuria di letterati'' in Italian) identifies books published during the year and, in a public hearing, selects five of those as finalists. These books are called ''Premio Selezione Campiello''. Then a jury of 300 readers (called ''Giuria dei 300 lettori'') representing different social, cultural and professional groups from each region of Italy, each with one vote, decides the winner of the selection. Since 2004, the Jury of Literary Experts awards a ''Premio Campiello Opera Prima'' for the best debut. History In 1962 Confindustria Veneto was seeking a contact between business and the literary sector and decided to formulate a literary prize. The first award was given to Primo Levi for his autobiographical book '' La tregua'', translated in Britain as ''The Truce'' and in the United States as ''Reawakening''. The ceremony took place in Venice's '' Teatro Verde'' on the island of San ...
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Amore E Psiche (romanzo)
Amore is the Italian word for ''"love"''. It may come from Amare which is ''"to love"'' in Latin. People * Alexis Amore, pornographic actress * Eugenio Amore, Italian beach volleyball player * Gianna Amore, Playboy centerfold Film and TV * '' Amore!'', a 1993 American film * ''L'Amore'' (film), 1948 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini * ''Amore'' (1936 film), a 1936 Italian film Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia * ''Amore'' (1974 film), a 1974 French film directed by Henry Chapier Music Albums * ''Amore'' (Alessandra Mussolini album), a 1982 album by Alessandra Mussolini * ''Amore'' (Andrea Bocelli album), a 2006 album by classical crossover singer Andrea Bocelli * ''Amore'' (The Hooters album), a 1983 album by ''The Hooters'' * ''Amore'' (Wanda album), 2014 debut album by Austrian band Wanda Songs and compositions *"Amore", 1987 song by BZN *"Amore", 1976 song by Krisma *"Amore", 2016 song by Babymetal from the album ''Metal Resistance'' *"Amore", 2018 song by Pitbull fe ...
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Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (17 November 1906 – 19 June 1999) was an Italian writer and film director. In 1954 he won the Strega Prize for ''Lettere da Capri.'' He directed several works adapted from novels, and worked with leading Italian actresses, such as Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. Biography A native of Turin, Soldati attended the ''Liceo Sociale'', a Jesuit school, and finished secondary school at age 17. He then studied humanities at the University of Turin. At that time, the University was a hotbed of intellectual activity and the young Soldati would meet and befriend the likes of activist and writer Carlo Levi and journalist Giacomo Debenedetti, who were his seniors. He later studied History of Art at the University of Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929. He achieved the widest notice with ''America primo amore'', published in 1935, a memoir of the time he spent teaching at Columbia University. He won literary awards for his work, most notably the Strega Prize for ...
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