"more important in the next work to support his five children on a government clerk's salary. He was looking to write something that would appeal to the masses. He found his audience with the novel, which became the top bestseller for months on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller List. The book was later developed into the film ""The Godfather"", directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film received three awards of the eleven Oscar category nominations, including Puzo's Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Coppola and Puzo then collaborated on sequels to the original film, ""The Godfather Part II"" and ""The"
"complex double-dealing are interspersed with outbursts of violence, including one memorable scene in which the reformist priest Girolamo Savonarola is torn apart on the Rack. The Family (Puzo novel) The Family is a 2001 novel written by Mario Puzo. The novel is about Pope Alexander VI and his family. Puzo spent over twenty years working on the book off and on, while he wrote others. The novel was finished by his longtime girlfriend, Carol Gino. ""The Family"" is effectively his last novel. Many of its characters were real people, including Niccolò Machiavelli, Duarte Brandão and members of the Borgia Family."
"Fools Die Fools Die is a 1978 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Played out in the worlds of gambling, publishing and the film industry, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honor in the ferment of contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same. Set in New York, Hollywood, and Las Vegas, Mario Puzo considered ""Fools Die"" to be his personal favorite. The paperback rights to the book were sold in 1978 by the publisher, G. P. Putnam's Sons, to New American Library for a then record $2.55 million. The novel starts"
"The Family (Puzo novel) The Family is a 2001 novel written by Mario Puzo. The novel is about Pope Alexander VI and his family. Puzo spent over twenty years working on the book off and on, while he wrote others. The novel was finished by his longtime girlfriend, Carol Gino. ""The Family"" is effectively his last novel. Many of its characters were real people, including Niccolò Machiavelli, Duarte Brandão and members of the Borgia Family. Pope Alexander VI (formerly Rodrigo Borgia) believes God will ultimately forgive his many sins simply because, as pope, he is infallible and divine. ""The Family"""
"Enzo Ghinazzi Enzo Ghinazzi (born 11 September 1955), best known as Pupo () is an Italian singer, lyricist, television presenter, writer and voice actor. Enzo Ghinazzi was born in Ponticino, a ""frazione"" of Laterina Pergine Valdarno in the Tuscan province of Arezzo. His father was a mailman and his mother was a housewife, but they both cultivated interests in singing and acting . In 1975 he debuted as a singer-songwriter under the stage name Pupo with ""Ti scriverò"" (""I will write to you""). Pupo's first album release, ""Come sei bella"" (""You are so beautiful""), came in 1976. His second album,"
"The Last Don The Last Don is a novel by Mario Puzo, best known as the author of ""The Godfather"". The story alternates between the film industry and the Las Vegas Strip casinos, showing how the Mafia is linked to both. The last plan of Don Domenico Clericuzio, an aging Mafia boss, is to eventually have his family enter the legitimate world and assimilate into American society. Twenty-five years later, his grandson Dante and grandnephew Croccifixio (Cross) make their way through life, and the eighty-year-old Don is semi-retired. Cross, who holds a majority share in a Las Vegas casino, is"
"Mario Ponzo Mario Ponzo (23 June 1882 – 9 January 1960) was an Italian academic psychologist. He was born in Rome and studied under Federico Kiesow at Turin where, in 1911, he published an article in the journal ""Archives Italiennes de Biologie"" which presented the well-known optical illusion known as the Ponzo illusion. In the same year he wrote for the ""Atti della Regia Accademia delle Scienze di Torino"" what has been described as the first article in Italian on psychology and the cinema. In 1931 he succeeded Sante De Sanctis to the chair in psychology at the Università degli"
"""Marmaduke"". He also hosted radio shows on Radio 1 Rai, such as ""Attenti a Pupo"" and ""Passato contro Futuro"". Pupo also wrote three books. His first autobiography, ""Un enigma chiamato Pupo"" (""An enygm named Pupo""), was published in 2001 by Rai Eri (the publishing branch of the Italian public broadcaster). His second autobiography, ""Banco Solo! Diario di un giocatore chiamato Pupo"" (""Only bank! Diary of a player called Pupo""), deals with his troubled history with gambling. Pupo then wrote a noir novel, ""La confessione"" (""The confession""), published by Rizzoli in 2012. Pupo came out as bisexual in March 2016 ,"
"in 1969, it became the best selling published work in history for several years. Paramount Pictures originally found out about Puzo's novel in 1967 when a literary scout for the company contacted then Paramount Vice President of Production Peter Bart about Puzo's unfinished sixty-page manuscript. Bart believed the work was ""much beyond a Mafia story"" and offered Puzo a $12,500 option for the work, with an option for $80,000 if the finished work were made into a film. Despite Puzo's agent telling him to turn down the offer, Puzo was desperate for money and accepted the deal. Paramount's Robert Evans"
"What Makes Us Curious"". Mario Livio Mario Livio (born 1945) is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. From 1991 till 2015 he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope. He is perhaps best known for his book on the irrational number ""phi"": ""The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number"" (2002). The book won the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize for popular books on mathematics. Livio was born in Bucharest in Romania, and lived with his grandparents when his"
"[commercial] failure—but it was my most ambitious book."" The Fourth K The Fourth K is a novel by Mario Puzo, published in 1990. It is set during the Presidency of fictional ""Francis Xavier Kennedy,"" nephew of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears–good looks, privilege, wealth–and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. When his"
"""Non è mai troppo tardi"", that made him a celebrity, conceived as an auxiliary help in the social struggle against analphabetism; the show was broadcasting real life primary school classroom lessons, with revolutionary concepts in didactic methods for those times. Several schools in Italy are indeed named after him.<br> He also published several novels the most famous of which is ""Orzowei"" (1955), from which a serial was adapted for the ""Tv dei ragazzi"" (a now defunct Italian ""Children TV"").<br> From 1995 to 1997 he was mayor of Pitigliano, in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany. Alberto Manzi Alberto Manzi (Rome, 3"
"studi di Roma ""La Sapienza"". Mario Ponzo Mario Ponzo (23 June 1882 – 9 January 1960) was an Italian academic psychologist. He was born in Rome and studied under Federico Kiesow at Turin where, in 1911, he published an article in the journal ""Archives Italiennes de Biologie"" which presented the well-known optical illusion known as the Ponzo illusion. In the same year he wrote for the ""Atti della Regia Accademia delle Scienze di Torino"" what has been described as the first article in Italian on psychology and the cinema. In 1931 he succeeded Sante De Sanctis to the chair in"
"Mario Livio Mario Livio (born 1945) is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. From 1991 till 2015 he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope. He is perhaps best known for his book on the irrational number ""phi"": ""The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number"" (2002). The book won the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize for popular books on mathematics. Livio was born in Bucharest in Romania, and lived with his grandparents when his mother and father were"
"The Fourth K The Fourth K is a novel by Mario Puzo, published in 1990. It is set during the Presidency of fictional ""Francis Xavier Kennedy,"" nephew of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears–good looks, privilege, wealth–and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. When his daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist"
"artist : ""Sarà perché ti amo"", sung by Ricchi e Poveri at the Sanremo Festival that year. Pupo competed again in the Festival in 1983 with ""Cieli azzurri"" (""Blue skies"") and in 1984 with ""Un amore grande"" (""A big love""), written by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi. In 1986 he released the album ""Pupo"" in the USSR, a major success that sparked his fame in Eastern Europe. The following year he won the international children's song festival Zecchino d’Oro as the author of ""Canzone amica"" (""Friend song""). Pupo toured extensively on international stages , and in 1991 he released his"
"Il Santo (novel) Il Santo is an Italian novel written by Antonio Fogazzaro and published by Baldini & Castoldi in 1905 in Milan. The novel is the third and last of a trilology in which ""Piccolo Mondo Antico"" is the first and ""Piccolo Mondo Moderno"" is the second. Despite the fact that Fogazzaro was a devout and loyal Catholic, ""Il Santo"" was listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. The Vatican's prohibition of this novel helped Fogazzaro achieve a worldwide reputation. As a sequel to ""Piccolo Mondo Moderno"", the novel takes up the story of Piero Maironi. After a dramatic meeting"
"Ugo Pirro Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. Born Ugo Mattone in Battipaglia, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director Carlo Lizzani (""Achtung! Banditi!"", 1951, and ""Il gobbo"", 1960). His screenplays of the 1970s include films ""Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto"" and ""Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini"", which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film. Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works being ""Le soldatesse"" (1956), set in the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II, and ""Celluloide"", adapted for cinema"
"fanciullo e la preda by Mario Parodi( Book ) 2 editions published in 1928 in Undetermined and Italian and held by 3 libraries worldwide Le dure porte : romanzo by Mario Parodi( Book ) 2 editions published in 1937 in Italian and held by 3 libraries worldwide Giocavamo senza numero : la Juventus che eravamo noi : Piero Rava un terzino lungo la linea di un secolo by Piero Rava( Book ) 1 edition published in 1999 in Italian and held by 3 libraries worldwide Shakespeare e le sue opere by Mario Parodi( Book ) 1 edition published in 1947"
"admitting he has had sex with men and transgender people. He also confirmed his bigamy , although he said he rejects the label of being bigamist , since bigamy is illegal and his wife and his mistress do not live together . Enzo Ghinazzi Enzo Ghinazzi (born 11 September 1955), best known as Pupo () is an Italian singer, lyricist, television presenter, writer and voice actor. Enzo Ghinazzi was born in Ponticino, a ""frazione"" of Laterina Pergine Valdarno in the Tuscan province of Arezzo. His father was a mailman and his mother was a housewife, but they both cultivated interests"
"works, and in 1929 was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Italy named by Mussolini. He died at the age of 75. Alfredo Panzini Alfredo Panzini (31 December 1863 – 10 April 1939) was an Italian novelist and lexicographer. Born in Senigallia, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci at the University of Bologna. Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer. Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings. Among his many works, there are ""Libro dei Morti"" (1893), ""Santippe"" (1914), and ""Il diavolo nella mia libreria"" (1920)."
"then from Moscow. Later he moved to ""Corriere della Sera"", for which he worked for ten years. In 1974, together with Indro Montanelli, founded the Milanese newspaper ""il Giornale nuovo"", for which he was co-director until 1983. Starting from 1976, he was member of the Italian Senate and the European Parliament. He lived in Rome with his family and was married a few times. His last wife, Laura Laurenzi, is an Italian writer. Bettiza's major novel, ""I fantasmi di Mosca"" (""Phantoms of Moscow"") is credited as the most extended published novel written in Italian language. He died on 29 July"
"by Lizzani in 1996. Pirro died in Rome in 2008. Ugo Pirro Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. Born Ugo Mattone in Battipaglia, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director Carlo Lizzani (""Achtung! Banditi!"", 1951, and ""Il gobbo"", 1960). His screenplays of the 1970s include films ""Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto"" and ""Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini"", which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film. Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works being ""Le soldatesse"" (1956), set in the Italian occupation of"
"City into a poor family from Pietradefusi, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Many of his books draw heavily on his heritage. After graduating from the City College of New York, he joined the US Army Air Forces in World War II. Because of his poor eyesight, he was not allowed to undertake combat duties, but he was made a public relations officer stationed in Germany. Puzo then returned to New York where he attended the New School for Social Research then Columbia University. In 1950, his first short story, ""The Last Christmas,"" was published in ""American Vanguard"". After the war,"
"Michael Capuzzo Michael Capuzzo (born on May 1, 1957) is an American journalist and author best known for his ""New York Times""-bestselling nonfiction books ""The Murder Room"" and ""Close to Shore"". ""The Murder Room,"" the true story of a private dining club of famous detectives who solve cold murders, and ""Close to Shore"", an historic thriller and recreation of the first American shark attack in World War I-era New Jersey, both enjoyed wide acclaim from critics and authors such as Gay Talese, Mark Bowden, John Sanford, and Michael Connelly. Capuzzo signed a contract for a new book with Simon &"
"– that [Puzo] wrote it and it is terrible."" The book begins with the death of Don Vincenzo Zeno in Sicily. On his deathbed, Don Zeno left the care of his infant son Astorre to his old follower, Don Raymonde Aprile. Don Aprile lives in New York, where he is known as a fair but merciless Mafia head. Aprile is a widower who does not want his children to follow him in illicit business. To save them, he sends them to private boarding schools and only sees them on holidays. Astorre is the favorite of his children, Aprile considering him"
"Symbols, Rituals, and Myth,"" (2013) which attempts to deconstruct the myth propagated by cinema, television and the media of mafiosi as men of honour and ""Dire e non dire"" (Saying and Not Saying, 2012), which analyses the use of language, behavioural norms and rules associated with those involved in organised crime. Another of his books, ""Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War"" (2015) was adapted into a television series called ""Bad Blood"", featuring Anthony LaPaglia as Vito Rizzuto, Paul Sorvino as Nicolo Rizzuto and Kim Coates as Declan Gardiner, which debuted in fall 2017. Antonio Nicaso Antonio Nicaso"
"of the Kennedy family who becomes President of the United States early in the 2000s. Puzo never saw the publication of his penultimate book, ""Omertà"", but the manuscript was finished before his death, as was the manuscript for ""The Family"". However, in a review originally published in the ""San Francisco Chronicle"", Jules Siegel, who had worked closely with Puzo at Magazine Management Company, speculated that ""Omertà"" may have been completed by ""some talentless hack."" Siegel also acknowledged the temptation to ""rationalize avoiding what is probably the correct analysis – that [Puzo] wrote it and it is terrible."" Puzo died of"
"epics, but also the works of Dante, Foscolo, and Manzoni. He published numerous monographs as well as bilingual editions, intended both for a larger public and experts. A household name in his native Italy, he never quite achieved the international recognition he deserved, although his last major work, a bilingual commented edition of the Odyssey (2010), received excellent reviews, such as by Barbara Graziosi, who referred to the book as ""a monumental achievement“. Even the selection of his minor works, titled ""Il richiamo del testo"" and published by Riccardo Di Donato in 2007, takes up four weighty volumes, containing some"
"soundtrack too. Cristiano Godano Cristiano Godano (1966 Fossano, Cuneo, Italy) is an Italian musician and author, known mostly as the frontman of the Italian band Marlene Kuntz. He obtained an MSc in Economics. He played as a guest with the Afterhours at the 2009 San Remo Festival. He has been appointed as artistic director of the Upload 2010 musical festival in Bolzano. On January 16, 2008, he published his first book, the anthology of short novels ""I vivi"" (""The Living""), for Rizzoli. He also starred in ""Tutta colpa di Giuda"" an Italian movie shot by Davide Ferrario, of which he"
"screenwriter. In the film, Pezza is a Robin Hood-like figure fighting the French. The only Italian film about Pezza to be available in English is the 1964 Giovanni production, ""The Legend of Fra Diavolo"", with an Italian cast but starring Tony Russel, which was released in the US by Globe Films International. The film is rather more realistic than the Bonelli effort. Paul Féval, père used the character of Fra Diavolo in his ""Les Habits Noirs"" book series. In it, Michele Bozzo (sic) is the nearly immortal Colonel Bozzo-Corana, feared leader of an international criminal brotherhood. Fra Diavolo Fra Diavolo"
"to the Corleone family saga, which began with Mario Puzo's landmark novel and was carried forward in Winegardner's 2004 New York Times bestseller, ""The Godfather Returns"". ""The Godfather's Revenge"" was written by Winegardner, based on Puzo's original characters. ""It's staggering to contemplate the legacy of the ""Godfather"" films and novels,"" says Dan Conaway. ""They have had a deeper, broader and more lasting impact on the fabric of contemporary culture than has any other such franchise in the past 50 years. It's fitting, then, that ""The Godfather's Revenge"" overlays the resonant mythology of the Corleone family onto the most vexing real-life"
"the mid-1990s, reading a 1969 newspaper article. He has published books and articles about Italian society and politics, an almanac about 150 years of the history of Italy (with Carlo Fruttero), and two series of stories about his soccer team Torino F.C.. In 2010 he published his first novel, ""L'ultima riga delle favole"" (The last line of fables), that sold over 250,000 copies in Italy and was translated into several languages. In 2012, he released his second novel, ""Fai bei sogni"" (Have good dreams), which was the best-selling book of 2012, selling over one million copies. Starting in Autumn 2016,"