Vasco Pratolini (19 October 1913 – 12 January 1991) was an Italian writer of the 20th century.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Biography
Born in Florence, Pratolini worked at various jobs before entering the literary world thanks to his acquaintance with Elio Vittorini. In 1938 he founded, together with Alfonso Gatto, the magazine Campo di Marte. His work is based on firm political principles and much of it is rooted in the ordinary life and sentiments of ordin...