Alberto Moravia
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born
November 28, 1907
died
September 26, 1990
gender
male
place of birth
Via Sgambati, Rome, Italy
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism.
He is best known for his anti-fascist novel Il Conformista (The Conformist), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his translated to the cinema are Il Disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon or Contempt) filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963); La Noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964; and La Ciociara filmed by Vittorio de Sica as Two Women (1960).
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Contempt (New York Review Books Classics) by Alberto Moravia avg rating 4.05 — 182 ratings — published 2004 11 editions |
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The Conformist by Alberto Moravia avg rating 4.01 — 149 ratings — published 1953 13 editions |
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Boredom (New York Review Books Classics) by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.89 — 139 ratings — published 1965 9 editions |
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The Woman of Rome: A Novel by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.81 — 73 ratings — published 1947 11 editions |
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Two Women by Alberto Moravia avg rating 4.11 — 56 ratings — published 1957 10 editions |
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The Time of Indifference: A Novel by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.64 — 47 ratings — published 1955 9 editions |
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Conjugal Love by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.77 — 44 ratings — published 1951 13 editions |
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Roman Tales by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.79 — 28 ratings — published 1976 10 editions |
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1934 by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 1983 4 editions |
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Agostino - 1944 by Alberto Moravia avg rating 3.59 — 17 ratings — published 1 8 editions |
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"You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all."
— Alberto Moravia (Boredom)
— Alberto Moravia (Boredom)
"Dat is mijn misdaad... ik heb gezondigd in onverschilligheid..."
— Alberto Moravia (The Time of Indifference: A Novel)
— Alberto Moravia (The Time of Indifference: A Novel)
