Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., January 20, 2022
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957), is the author of a single novel, “The Cheetah”, published posthumously in 1958, and adapted to the cinema in 1963 by Luchino Visconti (1906-1976), who directed a cult film, awarded a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
But who was this Italian author who never saw the success of his work?
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa comes from the Sicilian aristocracy.
His destiny, all mapped out, is that of an idle annuitant whose sole passion is literature.
A great scholar, the Prince of Lampedusa only began to write at the end of his life.
He dies before a publisher agrees to publish his book but his hero, the Prince of Salina, will meet many readers.
Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach tells you the fate of an unknown author.