Background
Ethnicity:
Niccolò was born to a Russian mother and an Italian father.
Niccolò Tucci was born on May 1, 1908, in Lugano, Switzerland. In 1953, he became a naturalized United States citizen.
1983
New York City, New York, United States
Niccolò Tucci, photographed at home in New York City on December 5, 1983. Photo by Santi Visalli.
1983
New York City, New York, United States
Niccolò Tucci, photographed at home in New York City on December 5, 1983. Photo by Santi Visalli.
(This is the story of Tico-Tico, the proud squirrel, who a...)
This is the story of Tico-Tico, the proud squirrel, who almost, but not quite, carried the city away on his strong shoulders.
https://www.amazon.com/Tico-Tico-Niccolo-Tucci/dp/B000AV3696
1950
https://www.amazon.com/Segreto-Niccolo-Tucci/dp/B005IYNBE0
1956
(This work represents a rich and complex saga of a wealthy...)
This work represents a rich and complex saga of a wealthy Russian family at the turn of the century.
https://www.amazon.com/Before-My-Time-Niccolo-tucci/dp/0671071505/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
1962
https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Funeral-Niccolo-TUCCI/dp/B001N8OYFA
1964
(These fourteen stories describe a Tuscany childhood, fami...)
These fourteen stories describe a Tuscany childhood, family dislocation and an immigrant's view of Manhattan in the thirties.
https://www.amazon.com/Other-Stories-Revived-Modern-Classic/dp/081121124X
1990
https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Niccolo-Tucci/dp/0394466403
1997
Ethnicity:
Niccolò was born to a Russian mother and an Italian father.
Niccolò Tucci was born on May 1, 1908, in Lugano, Switzerland. In 1953, he became a naturalized United States citizen.
Tucci enjoyed a privileged upbringing, studying with private tutors and at European and American universities. The Bolshevik Revolution irrevocably altered his family's situation by removing their considerable financial base and forcing them to relocate from Switzerland to a small Tuscan town, where his father could practice medicine.
In his early years, Tucci was a member of Mussolini's Propaganda Ministry. Resigning from the ministry in 1938, he left for the United States and settled down in New York City, where he dedicated his intellectual and writing pursuits to anti-fascist material. From 1947 until the early 1960's, Tucci was a frequent contributor to Partisan Review, Harper's, The Atlantic and The New Yorker.
In 1956, Niccolò's Viareggio Prize-winning book "Secret" was published in Italian. This work was followed by several other works, including his first English novel, "Before My Time", the play "Posterity for Sale", produced by the American Place Theater in 1967, the 1973 collection of essays "How to Get Away without Murder" and his 1990 autobiography "The Rain Came Last & Other Stories". His other works include "Unfinished Funeral", "Tico-Tico", "The Sun And The Moon", "Terror and Grief", "The Beautiful Blue Horse", among others.
It's also worth noting, that, from 1965 to 1966, Tucci was a writer-in-residence at Columbia University and in 1973 he co-founded the Wide Embrace Theatre Company.
Niccolò Tucci was a well-known writer and novelist, who gained prominence for his anti-Fascist propaganda and autobiographical stories. His works include "Before My Time", "Posterity for Sale", "How to Get Away without Murder", "The Rain Came Last & Other Stories", "Unfinished Funeral", "Tico-Tico", "The Sun And The Moon" and others.
His book, "Secret", won him the Viareggio Prize in 1956.
(These fourteen stories describe a Tuscany childhood, fami...)
1990(This is the story of Tico-Tico, the proud squirrel, who a...)
1950(This work represents a rich and complex saga of a wealthy...)
1962Once a member of Mussolini's propaganda ministry, Tucci, after settling down in the United States, dedicated his intellectual and written pursuits to anti-fascist material.
Quotations:
"I was born before my time, when my time came, the place was occupied by someone else; all the good things of life, for which I was now fit had suddenly become unfit. It was always too early or too late."
"First learn to write as if you were already dead, and then you will discover, that you can write as if you were still alive."
Tucci's daughter, Maria Tucci, an actress, is married to his former editor, Robert Gottlieb.
