Background
Gotta was born on the 18 May 1887 in Montalto Dora, Piedmont, Italy.
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Salvator Gotta
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He graduated from the University of Turin, and his literary career started with the publication of Pia in 1912.
Career
He was best known as a prolific novelist, but he was also a biographer, playwright, screenplay writer, and writer of children"s books Other novels followed, and in 1917 he started on the trilogy Louisiana saga dei Vela, which was to become his best known work. During the first world war he served in the Alpini Corps, and from this experience in 1926 he wrote the children"s novel Il piccolo Alpino (The little Alpino), which was very successful and inspired the 1986 Italian television mini-series Mino.
Gotta joined the Fascist party at an early stage, and in 1925 he wrote the words of the official Fascist anthem Giovinezza ("Youth").
He wrote film screenplays and stage plays, such as Mille lire (1923) and Louisiana damigella di Bard (1936). However, he had some popularity among teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s for his historical novels and a column he wrote in the magazine Topolino.
Gotta was influenced by the realists, and by Antonio Fogazzaro. Gotta and Fogazzaro were both published by Baldini Castoldi.
Gotta wrote his autobiography, L"almanacco di Gotta ("Gotta"s Almanac").
He died on the 7 June 1980 at Rapallo in the province of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
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