Beppe Fenoglio(1922-1963)
- Writer
Beppe Fenoglio was born in Alba, Piemonte, in northern Italy, in 1922.
He had a brother and a sister, and his parents worked in a butcher's
shop in Alba. He attended University in Torino, where he studied
English literature and language, one of his greatest passions during
his whole life. After 8 Semptember 1943 he joined the Resistance
against the nazi-fascist army in Italy, and from this experience
derived his masterpiece, IL PARTIGIANO JOHNNY (Johnny the Partisan),
written in Italian and in English, a magnificent book on his terrible
experience. Some other works are "Primavera di bellezza", and "La paga
del sabato", "la malora".
