Mario Rigoni Stern
Novelist, Author
1921 – 2008
Who was Mario Rigoni Stern?
Mario Rigoni Stern was an Italian author and World War II veteran.
His first novel Il sergente nella neve, published in 1953, draws on his own experience as a Sergeant Major in the Alpini corps during the disastrous retreat from Russia in World War II. It is his only work to be translated into English and Spanish.
Other well-known works also include Le stagioni di Giacomo, Storia di Tönle, and the collection of short stories Sentieri sotto la neve.
He was awarded the Premio Campiello and the Premio Bagutta for Storia di Tönle, and the Italian PEN prize for Sentieri sotto la neve.
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- Born
- Nov 1, 1921
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- Spouses
- Anna Rigoni Stern
(1946 - 2008/06/16)
- Anna Rigoni Stern
- Nationality
- Italy
- Kingdom of Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 16, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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