Gaetano Tumiati (6 May 1918 – 28 October 2012) was an Italian journalist, writer and literary critic.

Background

Born in

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, Italy, nephew of actor Gualtiero Tumiati, he published his first stories when he was 20 in the newspaper ''Oggi'' by

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and Mario Pannunzio. After the Second World War, in which he was taken prisoner and interned in a prison camp in

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, Tumiati was devoted entirely to journalism: special correspondent at first for '' Avanti'' then for ''

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'', he was editor of the magazine ''llustrazione italiana'' and finally deputy director of ''

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''. He was author of several novels and essays: his novel ''Il busto di gesso'' (''The plaster bust'') won the 1976 Premio Campiello.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tumiati, Gaetano 1918 births Writers from Ferrara 2012 deaths Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian literary critics Italian male novelists Premio Campiello winners 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers