Giuseppe Dessì (7 August 1909 – 6 July 1977) was an Italian

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, short-story

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and

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from

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. His novel ''Paese d'ombre'' won the 1972

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and was translated into English as ''The Forests of Norbio''. Dessì grew up in Villacidro in

but later moved to

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Works

* ''Il disertore'', Milano: Feltrinelli, 1961. Translated by Virginia Hathaway Moriconi as ''The deserter'', 1962. * ''Paese d'ombre: Romanzo'', Milan: A. Mondadori, 1972. Translated by Frances Frenaye as ''The forests of Norbio'', New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

References

* John C. Barnes, 'Giuseppe Dessì (1909-1977): A bibliography', ''Bulletin of the Society for Italian Studies'', 15 (1982), pp. 26–36. 1909 births 1977 deaths Italian male short story writers Italian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian male novelists Italian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian short story writers Italian diarists 20th-century diarists {{Italy-writer-stub

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