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Alberto Pincherle (Italian: [alˈbɛrto ˈpiŋkerle]; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990), known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia (US: / moʊˈrɑːviə, - ˈreɪv -/ moh-RAH-vee-ə, -RAY-, [1][2][3] Italian: [moˈraːvja]), was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and ...
Alberto Moravia (born Nov. 28, 1907, Rome, Italy—died Sept. 26, 1990, Rome) was an Italian journalist, short-story writer, and novelist known for his fictional portrayals of social alienation and loveless sexuality. He was a major figure in 20th-century Italian literature.
Alberto Moravia has 483 books on Goodreads with 118628 ratings. Alberto Moravia’s most popular book is Gli indifferenti.
Alberto Moravia’s role as a leading figure in twentieth century Italian literature resulted from his lifelong commitment to writing prose fiction in what he described as theatrical...
Jun 8, 2018 · Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) was one of the most important, and certainly the most prolific, of modern Italian authors. His keen moralistic approach focuses mainly on the iniquities of bourgeois society.
As a novelist, playwright and journalist, Alberto Moravia’s life and career spanned some of recent Italian history’s most turbulent years and events. His work explored matters of modern social alienation, social inequity, loveless sexuality and existentialism.
Sep 27, 1990 · Alberto Moravia, whose many novels explored alienation and other social traumas while focusing almost obsessively on human sexuality, died today at his apartment overlooking the Tiber River here.
Alberto Moravia, 1954. Via dell’Oca lies just off the Piazza del Popolo. A curiously shaped street, it opens out midway to form a largo, tapering at either end, in its brief, cobbled passage from the Lungotevere to a side of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. Its name, Street of the Goose, der...
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He was also a journalist, playwright, essayist and film critic.
Aug 27, 2024 · 1907–1990) Italian writer, whose novels and short stories display his narrative skill and psychological insight. Moravia was born of Jewish stock in Rome, the setting for most of his stories.