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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 .
- 1955–1999
- The Godfather (1969)
Mario Puzo (born October 15, 1920, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 2, 1999, Bay Shore, New York) 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, and placing ...
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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 Sicilian. 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 ...
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- March 10, 1969
- 1965
- Crime novel
Oct 15, 2020 · Mario Puzo was 49 when he hit big with ‘The Godfather' (Rex Features)But bad things happened inside that tiny “slum”. In his memoir, Puzo said that his elder sister Evelyn was the family ...
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Jul 2, 1999 · Puzo, along with other writers like Bruce Jay Friedman, worked for the company line of men's magazines, pulp titles like Male, True Action, and Swank. Under the pseudonym Mario Cleri, Puzo wrote World War II adventure features for True Action. Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in 1969 after he had heard anecdotes about ...
The Godfather, novel by Mario Puzo, published in 1969, which became one of the most successful fiction books ever—selling some 21 million copies worldwide, spawning three critically and financially successful motion pictures, and placing its characters into the contemporary American cultural mythology. Although Puzo had no personal knowledge ...
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