death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
turin 25 september 1954 pachino , sicily 24 july 1907 vitaliano brancati
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vitaliano brancati

vitaliano brancati -lrb- ; july 24 , 1907 -- september 25 , 1954 -rrb- was an italian novelist , dramatist , poet and screenwriter .
born in pachino , syracuse , brancati studied in catania , where he graduated in letters and where he spent the most part of his life .
while he started writing at young age and at 25 years old he was already the author of six books , which were largely influenced by fascist ideals and which were later rejected by the same brancati , critics tend to set the starting point of his career in 1935 , when he released the collection of short stories `` in search of a cause '' .
brancati got his first and probably major success in 1941 , with the novel `` don giovanni in sicily '' , a vibrant and humorous portrait of the sicilian temperament .
in 1944 he wrote the novel `` gli anni perduti '' -lrb- `` the lost years '' -rrb- , a bold satire of benito mussolini 's megalomania , and in 1946 `` vecchio con gli stivali '' -lrb- `` old man in boots '' -rrb- , a satirical short story inspired by the vicissitudes of the italian fascism which won the vendemmia award and which was adapted into a successful film , `` difficult years '' by luigi zampa .
in 1950 he won the bagutta prize with one another well-known novel , `` il bell ` antonio '' -lrb- `` the handsome antonio '' -rrb- .
he died in a clinic in turin after a major surgery .
he was married to actress anna proclemer .
