Alberto Moravia

(1907-1990)

Italian writer and journalist

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Alberto Pincherle (28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990), known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia (moh-RAH-vee-ə, -⁠RAY-), was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti (The Time of Indifference 1929) and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista (The Conformist 1947), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon or Contempt), filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris (Contempt 1963); La noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio De Sica as Two Women (1960). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.

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Born	Alberto Pincherle 28 November 1907 Rome, Italy
Died	26 September 1990 (aged 82) Rome, Italy
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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Elsa Morante 1912-1985 · Italian novelist · m. 1941; div. 1961 info edit

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