Romano Bilenchi (9 November 1909 – 18 November 1989) was an Italian novelist, short story writer and essayist. He was born in

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. He was involved with the resistance movement during the Fascist rule of

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. He was also active in the

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after the war. He founded a magazine, ''

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'', together with

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and

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in 1945. As a writer, Bilenchi published novels, short stories and essays. He won the

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in 1972. His literary friends included major 20th-century figures like

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and

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. He died in

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in 1989.

Works

Fiction

*''Vita di Pisto'', Torino, Il Selvaggio, 1931. *''Cronaca dell'Italia meschina, ovvero Storia dei socialisti di Colle'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1933. *''Il capofabbrica. Racconti'', Roma, Circoli, 1935. *''Mio cugino Andrea'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1936. *''Anna e Bruno e altri racconti'', Firenze, Parenti, 1938. *''Conservatorio di Santa Teresa'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1940. *''La siccità:racconti,'' Firenze, Edizioni di rivoluzione, 1941; nuova ed. , binomiale: ''La Siccita'-La Miseria'' , Firenze, Vallecchi, 1944. *''Dino e altri racconti'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1942. *''Racconti'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1958. *''Una città'', Galatina (Lecce), Pajano, 1958. *''Il bottone di Stalingrado'', Firenze, Vallecchi, 1972. *''Il processo di Mary Dugan e altri racconti'', Torino, Einaudi, 1972. *''La rosa non finita'', Firenze, Pananti, 1980. *''Il gelo'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1982. Translated as ''The Chill'' *''Gli anni impossibili'', contiene: ''La siccità'', ''La miseria'', ''Il gelo'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1984. . *''Pomeriggio. Due racconti'', Siena, Taccuini di Barbablù, 1985. *''I tedeschi. Racconto'', Milano, All'insegna del pesce d'oro, 1985. . *''L'attentato'', Firenze, Pananti, 1986. *''Maria'', Prato, Comune di Prato, 1986. *''Due ucraini e altri amici'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1990. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bilenchi, Romano 1909 births 1989 deaths Writers from Siena 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers Viareggio Prize winners Italian magazine founders