Fulvio Tomizza

Fulvio Tomizza
Born 26 January 1935
Giurrizzania (now Juricani), part of Umago, Italy (now part of Croatia)
Died 26 May 1999 (aged 64)
Trieste, Italy
Occupation Writer

Fulvio Tomizza (26 January 1935 – 21 May 1999) was an Italian writer. He was born in Giurizzani in Istria, (now in Croatia).

Following the 1954 annexation of Zone B by Yugoslavia, Tomizza moved to Trieste. Most of his writing career took place there, including a trilogy about his native Istria.

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