List of Sardinians - Authors

Authors

  • Francesco Alziator (1909-1977), writer and journalist
  • Giulio Angioni
  • Gerolamo Araolla (1542-1615)
  • Antonino Arconte (born 1954), writer and former secret agent
  • Sergio Atzeni (1952-1995)
  • Vicente Bacallar Sanna (1669-1726)
  • Ludovico Baille (1764-1839)
  • Remo Bodei (born 1938)
  • Rina Brundu (born 1968)
  • Italo Calvino (1923-1985) (His mother was Sardinian)
  • Fausta Cialente(1898-1994)
  • Grazia Deledda (1871-1936), winner of the Nobel prize for literature
  • Giovanni Francesco Fara
  • Salvatore Farina (1846-1918), novelist
  • Gavino Ledda (born 1938)
  • Emilio Lussu (1890-1975)
  • Goffredo Mameli, patriot and poet, creator of the Italian anthem (born in Genoa by Sardinian parents)
  • Melchiorre Murenu (1803-1854)
  • Nicola Tanda (born 1938)
  • Pasquale Tola (1800-1874)

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