alberto moravia

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orig. Alberto Pincherle born Nov. 28, 1907, Rome, Italy died Sept. 26, 1990, Rome Italian journalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He worked as a journalist in Turin and as a foreign correspondent in London. Time of Indifference (1929), his first novel, is a scathing study of middle-class moral corruption. His works were censored by Benito Mussolini's fascists and placed on the Index librorum prohibitorum. Later important novels, many of them portrayals of social alienation and loveless sexuality, include The Conformist (1951; film, 1971), Two Women (1957; film, 1961), and The Empty Canvas (1960). His books of short stories include Roman Tales (1954) and More Roman Tales (1959). He was married to the writer Elsa Morante (1918-85)

{i} pen name of Alberto Pincherle (1907-1990), leading 20th-century Italian novelist

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Al·ber·to Mo·ra·via