Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Born
December 23, 1896
Died
July 23, 1957 (60 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Palermo, Italy
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Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa (December 23, 1896 – July 23, 1957), was a Sicilian writer. He is most famous for his only novel, Il Gattopardo (first published posthumously in 1958, translated as The Leopard) which is set in Sicily during the Risorgimento. A taciturn and solitary man, he passed a great deal of his time reading and meditating, and used to say of himself, "I was a boy who liked solitude, who preferred the company of things to that of people."
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