Task: Question Generation
Input (English): Context_1 : That Awful Mess on Via Merulana is an Italian novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda, first published in Italy by Garzanti Editore s.p.a. in 1957. An English translation by William Weaver was published in 1965. Context_2 : Metroland is an English novel written by Julian Barnes and published in 1980. Philip Larkin wrote a letter to Barnes saying "that he had much enjoyed it, despite his prejudice against novels with people under the age of 21 in them. He added, gloomily, something like, 'but is that what life's like nowadays?'" Barnes described "this unexpected praise" as "the most gratifying moment of the strange passage of first publication." Context_3 : Carlo Emilio Gadda (] ; November 14, 1893 – May 21, 1973) was an Italian writer and poet. He belongs to the tradition of the language innovators, writers that played with the somewhat stiff standard pre-war Italian language, and added elements of dialects, technical jargon and wordplay. Context_4 : Carlo Emilio Bonferroni (28 January 1892 – 18 August 1960) was an Italian mathematician who worked on probability theory. Carlo Emilio Bonferroni was born in Bergamo on 28 January 1892 and died on 18 August 1960 in Florence. He studied in Turin, held a post as assistant professor at the Turin Polytechnic, and in 1923 took up the chair of financial mathematics at the Economics Institute in Bari. In 1933 he transferred to Florence where he held his chair until his death. Context_5 : Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book "The Sense of an Ending" (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: "Flaubert's Parrot" (1984), "England, England" (1998), and "Arthur & George" (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories. Context_6 : The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes' eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh) and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom. "The Sense of an Ending" is narrated by a retired man named Tony Webster, who recalls how he and his clique met Adrian Finn at school and vowed to remain friends for life. When the past catches up with Tony, he reflects on the paths he and his friends have taken. In October 2011, "The Sense of an Ending" was awarded the Man Booker Prize. The following month it was nominated in the novels category at the Costa Book Awards. Context_7 : England, England is a satirical postmodern novel by Julian Barnes, published and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1998. While researchers have also pointed out the novel's characteristic dystopian and farcical elements, Barnes himself described the novel as a 'semi-farce'. Context_8 : The term New Oxford Wits was applied, around 1980, to a group of young English writers who had been at the University of Oxford in the 1970s. It alludes to the Oxford Wits of the 1920s. Those supposed to be in the "New Oxford Wits" were Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Tina Brown, James Fenton, Ian Hamilton and Craig Raine. Context_9 : Un maledetto imbroglio also known as "The Facts of Murder" is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda "Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana". The film was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the USA. Context_10 : Eros e Priapo: da furore a cenere is a 1945 satiric pamphlet by Italian author Carlo Emilio Gadda. fact_1 : Carlo Emilio Gadda (] ; November 14, 1893 – May 21, 1973) was an Italian writer and poet. fact_2 : Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. Answer: yes
Output (English): Were Carlo Emilio Gadda and Julian Barnes both writers?