Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922

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Name (Hebrew)
ורגה, ג'ובאני, 1840-1922
Name (Latin)
Verga, Giovanni, 1840-1922
Name (Arabic)
فيرجا، جوفاني، 1880-1922
Name (Cyrilic)
Верга, Джованни, 1840-1922
Other forms of name
Wei-ni-chia, 1840-1922
Verga, Dzhovani, 1840-1922
Верга, Джузеппе
ורגה, ג'יובני
ווארגא, ג'יובני
ווערגא, ג'יובני
Date of birth
1840-09-02
Date of death
1922-01-27
Associated Language
ita
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 18647
Wikidata: Q271814
Library of congress: n 79059632

Wikipedia description:

Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni karˈmɛːlo ˈverɡa]; 2 September 1840 – 27 January 1922) was an Italian realist (verista) writer. His novels I Malavoglia (1881) and Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889) are widely recognized as masterpieces. Verga has been called the greatest Italian novelist after Manzoni. D. H. Lawrence translated several of his works into English.

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