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Leonardo Sciascia

1921 to 1989 6 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Leonardo Sciascia across 5 places, from 1921 to 1989. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Leonardo Sciascia (8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989) was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Leonardo Sciascia was documented, and when

8 January 1921exact date
Racalmutoattested “Sciascia was born in Racalmuto, Sicily, on 8 January 1921.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1935year
Caltanissettaattested “In 1935, his family moved to Caltanissetta, where Sciascia studied under Vitaliano Brancati, who would become his model in writing and introduce him to French novelists.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1950year
Italyattested “Sciascia's first work, Favole della dittatura (Fables of the Dictatorship), a satire on fascism in Italy, was published in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1957year
Romeattested “In the same year, he moved to teach in Caltanissetta, only to move again to Rome in 1957 where he struck up a lifelong friendship with Sicilian artist, Bruno Caruso.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1957year
Caltanissettaattested “In the same year, he moved to teach in Caltanissetta, only to move again to Rome in 1957 where he struck up a lifelong friendship with Sicilian artist, Bruno Caruso.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
20 November 1989exact date
Palermoattested “He died on 20 November 1989 in Palermo.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia

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Places Leonardo Sciascia is documented in

Caltanissetta2 presences · 1935 to 1957
Italy1 presence · 1950Palermo1 presence · 1989Rome1 presence · 1957
Racalmuto1 presence · 1921

Other places tied to Leonardo Sciascia in the record

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1944year
Racalmutomentioned “In 1944, he married Maria Andronico, an elementary school teacher in Racalmuto.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1954year
Caltanissettamentioned “In 1954, Sciascia began collaborating with literature and ethnology magazines published by Salvatore Sciascia in Caltanissetta.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1973year
Sicilymentioned “A prime example of this is Equal Danger (1973; Il Contesto), in which the police's best detective is drafted to Sicily to investigate a spate of murders of judges.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia
1975year
Palermomentioned “At the 1975 communal elections in Palermo, Sciascia ran as an independent within the Italian Communist Party (PCI) slate and was elected to the city council.” source: Wikipedia: Leonardo Sciascia

Documented at the same place, the same year

Mario LanzaRome · 1957Cy TwomblyRome · 1957Pier Paolo PasoliniRome · 1950Mohamed Farrah AididRome · 1950Lois MaxwellRome · 1950Aaron CoplandRome · 1950

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