Gaetano Tumiati
Gaetano Tumiati (6 May 1918 – 28 October 2012) was an Italian journalist, writer and literary critic.
Background
[edit]Born in Ferrara, Italy, nephew of actor Gualtiero Tumiati, he published his first stories when he was 20 in the newspaper Oggi by Arrigo Benedetti and Mario Pannunzio.[1]
After the Second World War, in which he was taken prisoner and interned in a prison camp in Hereford,[1] Tumiati was devoted entirely to journalism: special correspondent at first for Avanti then for La Stampa, he was editor of the magazine llustrazione italiana and finally deputy director of Panorama.[1]
He was author of several novels and essays: his novel Il busto di gesso (The plaster bust) won the 1976 Premio Campiello.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "E' morto lo scrittore Gaetano Tumiati". Il Resto del Carlino. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
