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Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer. He is married to a journalist and has two sons: Alessandro Camon, a film producer/writer who lives in Los Angeles, and Alberto, who teaches criminal procedure and lives in Bologna. He has contributed to a number of Italian and foreign daily newspapers, including ''
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''. Perhaps Camon's best known work in English is his trilogy of fictional memoirs consisting of ''The Fifth Estate'' (''Il Quinto Stato''), ''Life Everlasting'' (''La Vita Eterna''), and ''Memorial'' (''Un altare per la madre'').


Works

*''Il Quinto Stato'', Garzanti, 1970 *''La Vita Eterna'', Garzanti, 1972 *''Liberare l'animale'', Garzanti, 1973 *''Occidente'', Garzanti, 1975 *''Storia di Sirio'', Garzanti, 1984 *''Un altare per la madre'', Garzanti, 1978 *''La malattia chiamata uomo'', Garzanti, 1981 *''La donna dei fili'', Garzanti, 1986 *''Il canto delle balene'', Garzanti, 1989 *''Il Super-Baby'', Rizzoli, 1991 *''Mai visti sole e luna'', Garzanti, 1994 *''La Terra è di tutti'', Garzanti, 1996 *''Dal silenzio delle campagne'', Garzanti, 1998 *''Conversazione con Primo Levi'' *''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'', Garzanti, 2004


Awards

*Premio Luigi Russo (''Il Quinto Stato'') *Premio Città di Prato (''La vita eterna'') *Premio Viareggio di poesia (''Liberare l'animale'') *Premio Strega (''Un altare per la madre'') *Premio Giornalista del mese (al tempo di ''Occidente'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''La donna dei fili'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''Il canto delle balene'') *Premio Elsa Morante (''Il Super-Baby'') *Premio Stazzema Alla Resistenza (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Pen Club (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Città di Bologna (''Dal silenzio delle campagne'') *Premio Giovanni Verga (''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'')


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Camon, Ferdinando 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers 21st-century Italian novelists 1935 births Strega Prize winners Living people 21st-century Italian male writers