| Ercole Patti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | (1903-02-16)16 February 1903 Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Died | 15 November 1976(1976-11-15) (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer |
Ercole Patti (16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian dramatist, journalist, novelist, and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family and the nephew of writer Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925.
After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome to earn a living from journalism. There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed by the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo, where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places.
Patti gained notoriety as a novelist in 1940 with Quartieri alti, a satirical portrait of Roman high classes. His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti.
He was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films.
In addition to novels, Patti published collections of short stories and two autobiographical works.
Selected filmography
- But It's Nothing Serious (1936)
- A Woman Has Fallen (1941)
- That Splendid November (1969)
- La cugina (1974)
See also
References
- ^ l. m. (16 November 1976). "La scomparsa di Ercole Patti". La Stampa. No. 252. p. 3.
- Raul Radice (27 November 1976). "Patti, o l'ottimismo". No. 46. TuttoLibri. p. 5.
Further reading
- Enzo Lauretta. Invito alla lettura di Ercole Patti. Mursia, 1975.
- Giovanni Scalia. I romanzi di Ercole Patti: saggi di psicocritica. Bonanno, 1982.
- Sarah Zappulla Muscarà. Ercole Patti. G. Maimone, 1989. ISBN 8877510250.
- Pietro Frassica. Ercole Patti e altro Novecento siciliano. Interlinea Ed., 2004. ISBN 8882124061.
- Sebastiano Gesù, Laura Maccarrone. Ercole Patti: un letterato al cinema. Maimone, 2004. ISBN 8877512113.
- 1903 births
- 1976 deaths
- 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Italian journalists
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- 20th-century Italian screenwriters
- 20th-century Italian short story writers
- Italian autobiographers
- Italian expatriates in China
- Italian expatriates in India
- Italian expatriates in Japan
- Italian male dramatists and playwrights
- Italian male journalists
- Italian male novelists
- Italian male screenwriters
- Italian male short story writers
- Italian newspaper journalists
- Journalists from Catania
- Journalists from Rome