Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (Palermo, 23 December 1896 – Rome, 23 July 1957) was an Italian writer. He is most famous for his only historical novel, The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), which is set in Sicily during the Risorgimento.

 Sources 

 Giuseppe Leone, "Il Gattopardo" orgoglio di un'isola, pregiudizio di una cultura – Il romanzo di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa fra caso letterario e revisionismo storico", Il Punto Stampa, Lecco, gennaio 1997.
 Loup Odoevsky Maslov, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - une biographie, Séguier, Paris, 2025. ISBN 978-2-38636-033-6

Category:Italian writers
Category:1896 births
Category:1957 deaths
Category:People from Palermo