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Mario Rigoni Stern (born November 1, 1921 in Asiago , † June 16, 2008 ibid) was an Italian author, veteran of the Second World War . He belonged to the Cimbri language minority .

Life

Rigoni Stern became an Italian soldier in 1938. His first and best-known novella Il sergente nella neve ( Alpini in the Russian Snow ) from 1953 deals with his own experiences that Rigoni Stern had to make as a sergeant in the Alpini Corps during the loss-making retreat from Russia during the Second World War. Other well-known works are Le stagioni di Giacomo (in German: Giacomos Jahreszeiten ), Storia di Tönle and the anthology of short stories Sentieri sotto la neve (in German: Paths under the snow ). Rigoni Stern was imprisoned in Hohenstein in 1943 as an Italian military internee .

Mario Rigoni Stern received the Premio Campiello and the Premio Bagutta for Storia di Tönle , as well as the Premio Bancarellino for Il sergente nella neve . In 1997 he was awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize .

Primo Levi called him "one of the greatest writers in Italy".

The Premio Mario Rigoni Stern literary prize has been awarded for recent works on Alpine cultural history since 2011 .

Works

  • Il sergente nella neve (Eng. Alpini in the Russian snow ), 1953
  • Il bosco degli urogalli ( foxes under the stars ), 1962
  • Quota Albania , 1971
  • Ritorno sul Don , 1973
  • Storia di Tönle (German Tönle ), 1978
  • Uomini, boschi e api , 1980
  • L'anno della vittoria , 1985
  • Amore di confine , 1986
  • Il libro degli animali , 1990
  • Arboreto salvatico , 1991
  • Le stagioni di Giacomo , 1995
  • Sentieri sotto la neve , 1998
  • Inverni lontani , 1999
  • Tra due guerre e altre storie , 2000
  • L'ultima partita a carte (German: blinded and betrayed: an Italian youth ), 2002
  • Aspettando l'alba e altri racconti , 2004
  • I racconti di guerra , 2006
  • Stagioni , 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (Translated from the quoted Italian source): Produzioni . In: Luna Film . November 29, 2011 ( wordpress.com [accessed February 1, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Rigoni Stern, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian author
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Asiago
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2008
Place of death Asiago