Giuseppe D'Agata

Giuseppe D'Agata
Born	(1927-01-11)11 January 1927 Bologna, Italy
Died	29 March 2011(2011-03-29) (aged 84) Bologna, Italy
Occupation	Writer

Giuseppe D'Agata (11 January 1927 – 29 March 2011) was an Italian author, screenwriter and television writer.

Life and career

Born in Bologna, the son of a typographer,^[1] at 17 years old D'Agata became a militant in the partisan brigade "Matteotti Sap" and then in 1944 he enrolled the Socialist Party and later the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity.^[2] He wrote several novels based on his own experiences as a partisan, and some of his novels such as L' esercito di Scipione and Il medico della mutua were adapted into films.^[1][2] He was also active as a screenwriter and a television writer, often collaborating with Andrea Camilleri.^[2] His last work was the novel Pippo per gli amici, released in 2007.^[2]

References

1. Lorella Bolelli (29 March 2011). "Giuseppe D'Agata muore per un ictus "E dire che sognava una mostra a casa sua"". Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2. Valerio Valesi (30 March 2011). "Addio a Giuseppe D' Agata scrisse Il medico della mutua". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Giuseppe D'Agata at IMDb