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Mario Francis Puzo (/ ˈ p uː z oʊ /; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso,-ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter.He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola.He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Mario Puzo was an American novelist and screenwriter who chronicled a fictional Mafia family, the Corleones, in The Godfather (1969), which became one of the most successful novels ever—selling some 21 million copies worldwide, spawning three critically and financially successful motion pictures,
Mario Puzo. Writer: The Godfather. Mario Puzo was born October 15, 1920, in "Hell's Kitchen" on Manhattan's (NY) West Side and, following military service in World War II, attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, "The Godfather," was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels, "The Dark Arena" and "The Fortunate Pilgrim."
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo.Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City and Long Island, headed by Vito Corleone, the Godfather.The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955 and includes the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
Oct 15, 2020 · Puzo was born 100 years ago, on 15 October 1920, in the west Manhattan area known as “Hell’s Kitchen”. His illiterate father Antonio, a track layer for the New York Central Railroad, left ...
Mario Puzo. Writer: The Godfather. Mario Puzo was born October 15, 1920, in "Hell's Kitchen" on Manhattan's (NY) West Side and, following military service in World War II, attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, "The Godfather," was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels, "The Dark Arena" and "The Fortunate Pilgrim."
MARIO PUZO (1920-1999) Mario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta (2000), the concluding installment in his saga about power and morality in America. Puzo also worked on The Family (2004) -- about the infamous Borgias of 15th Century Rome -- for two decades before his death. The compelling novel was completed by his longtime companion Carol Gino, author of the new memoir ...
Jul 13, 2024 · Few novels have forced themselves into the cultural imagination as brutally as Mario Puzo’s The Godfather.Arriving on the bestseller list at a highly contentious moment in U.S. history, when political institutions and social practices were being scrutinized and questioned as never before, The Godfather poses provocative questions about the origins and legitimacy of power won by violence.
About Mario Puzo: Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York. Many of his books draw h...
Jul 3, 1999 · Mario Puzo, who gave the world a story it couldn’t refuse with his novel “The Godfather” and then helped turn that saga into a trilogy of epic films, died Friday at his Long Island home.
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