Writing · Novel · Writer · Book
Born Mar 17, 1917 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Active 1963–1987 · Awards: Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize, Napoli Prize, Grifone d'Oro, Bancarella Literary Prize, Premio Selezione Campiello
Carlo Cassola was an Italian novelist and essayist. His novel La Ragazza di Bube (1960), which received the Strega Prize, was adapted into a film of the same name by Luigi Comencini in 1963.