Background
He was born in Luino, on Lake Maggiore (northern Italy). His father Eugenio was from Resuttano, Sicily. His mother Virginia Maffei was from Comnago, a Piedmontese village in the municipality of Lesa.
He was born in Luino, on Lake Maggiore (northern Italy). His father Eugenio was from Resuttano, Sicily. His mother Virginia Maffei was from Comnago, a Piedmontese village in the municipality of Lesa.
Sought by the Fascist militia during World World War II, he fled to Switzerland in 1944. He returned to Italy two years later, starting the activity of writer His most famous work is Louisiana stanza del vescovo of 1976, which was turned into a film by Dino Risi soon afterwards.
He died in Varese in 1986.