Raffaele La Capria

Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022)Profile of Raffaele La Capria was an Italian novelist and screenwriter. He was known for his series of three novels (the most important is "Ferito a morte") which were known as Tre romanzi di una giornata. La Capria was born in Naples. He was married to actress Ilaria Occhini until her death in July 2019.

He worked as co-scriptwriter on many of Francesco Rosi's movies, including Le mani sulla città (1963), Uomini contro (1970) and Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979). In September 2001 he won a Premio Campiello lifetime achievement award and in 2005 L'estro quotidiano was selected as the winner of the Viareggio Prize for fiction.

La Capria died on 26 June 2022 in Rome, Italy at the age of 99.Morto Raffaele La Capria, lo scrittore che aveva Napoli nell’anima 

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