Biography
Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista, the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris ; 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). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.
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Awards & recognition
- Viareggio-Versilia International Prize · 1983
- Viareggio Prize · 1961
- Marzotto Prize · 1954
- Strega Prize · 1952
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1965 · nominated
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- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1964 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1963 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1962 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1961 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1960 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1959 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1958 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1957 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1955 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1949 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Love Meetings
Two Women
The Conformist
Obsession
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Contempt
Too Bad She's Bad
Roman Tales
The Time of Indifference
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
Love on the Riviera
Attention