death_date children pseudonym nationality birth_date period signature genre death_place influences spouse image name occupation caption birth_place subject notableworks article_title birth_name
2 july 1999 anthony puzo eugene puzo puzo joseph puzo dorothy antoinette puzo virginia erika mario cleri american -lrb- italo-american -rrb- 15 october 1920 1955 -- 99 mario puzo signature.svg crime fiction west bay shore , new york honoré de balzac simone weil fyodor dostoyevsky erika puzo -lrb- 1946 -- 78 -rrb- mario puzo.jpg mario puzo novelist , screenwriter puzo in 1996 manhattan , new york city , new york mafia '' the godfather '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- mario puzo
 mario gianluigi puzo
mario puzo

mario gianluigi puzo -lrb- ; ; october 15 , 1920 -- july 2 , 1999 -rrb- was an american author and screenwriter .
he is known for his novels about the mafia , including `` the godfather '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , which was later co-adapted into a film by francis ford coppola .
he won the academy award for best adapted screenplay in both 1972 and 1974 .
