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Lampedusa [ˌlæmpɪˈdjuːzə] n (Placename) an island in the Mediterranean, between Malta and Tunisia. Area: about 21 sq. km (8 sq. miles) Lampedusa2 n (Biographies / Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896-1957) M, Italian, WRITING: novelist) Giuseppe Tomasi di. 1896-1957, Italian novelist: author of the historical novel The Leopard (1958) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Morreale finds a similar style at work in the writers associated with the Sicilian school of Italian literature: Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Elio Vittorini, and the contemporary Leonardo Sciascia. Set on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa and based on one of the island's local legends, Emanuele Crialese's festival favorite, ``Respiro,'' is a fable brought to cinematic life. In the novel The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa (1961) writes: |
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