Niccolò Tucci

Niccolò Tucci (May 1, 1908 – December 10, 1999) was a short story writer and novelist who wrote in English and Italian.

Biography

Born in Lugano, Switzerland of a Russian mother and an Italian father who became a Swiss citizen, Niccolò Tucci grew up in privileged circumstances that were eliminated by the Bolshevik Revolution. His family relocated to Tuscany. In 1938, he resigned a position with Mussolini's Press Ministry and immigrated to the United States. He wrote numerous short stories and a few longer works, many of which are largely autobiographical in their subject matter.

His daughter, Maria Tucci, is an actress married to her father's former editor, Robert Gottlieb.

Bibliography

• The Rain Came Last & Other Stories
• Terror and Grief
• The Beautiful Blue Horse
• Military Intelligence
• Before My Time
• Unfinished Funeral

External links

• About the Author at Wendy's Poetry
• Memories of the Good Life at The New York Times