From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mario Rigoni Stern
Mario Rigoni Stern
Mario Rigoni Stern • Il bosco degli urogalli (1962)
• Quota Albania (1971)
Born November 1, 1921(1921-11-01) • Ritorno sul Don (1973)
Asiago, Italy
• Storia di Tönle (1978)
Died June 16, 2008(2008-06-16) (aged 86) • Uomini, boschi e api (1980)
Asiago, Italy • L’anno della vittoria (1985)
Occupation Novelist • Amore di confine (1986)
• Arboreto salvatico (1991)
Nationality Italian • Le stagioni di Giacomo (1995)
Genres World War II • Sentieri sotto la neve (1998)
• Inverni lontani (1999)
Mario Rigoni Stern (November 1, 1921, Asiago – June 16, • Tra due guerre e altre storie (2000)
2008) was an Italian author and World War II veteran.[1] • L’ultima partita a carte (2002)
His first novel Il sergente nella neve, published in 1953 • Stagioni (2006)
(and the following year in English as The Sergeant in the
Snow), draws on his own experience as a Sergeant Major
in the Alpini corp during the disastrous retreat from Rus-
Notes
sia in World War II. It is his only work to be translated in- [1] Morto scrittore Mario Rigoni Stern Ansa.it
to English and Spanish. Persondata
Other well-known works also include Le stagioni di Gi- Name Rigoni Stern, Mario
acomo (Giacomo’s Seasons), Storia di Tönle (The Story of
Alternative names
Tönle), and the collection of short stories Sentieri sotto la
neve (Paths Beneath the Snow). Short description
He was awarded the Premio Campiello and the Date of birth November 1, 1921
Premio Bagutta for Storia di Tönle, and the Italian PEN Place of birth Asiago, Italy
prize for Sentieri sotto la neve.
Date of death June 16, 2008
Place of death Asiago, Italy
Works
• Il sergente nella neve (1953), translated into English as
The sergeant in the snow (1954)
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• 1921 births
• 2008 deaths
• People from Asiago
• Alpini
• Italian soldiers
• Italian military personnel of World War II
• Italian novelists
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