Giovanni Verga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Verga

Italian writer

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1840

Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1922

Profession: screenwriter, photographer, writer, politician, prosaist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Giovanni Carmelo Verga (Italian: [d?o'vanni kar'm??lo 'verga]; 2 September 1840 – 27 January 1922) was a Sicilian realist (verista) writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily, especially the short story (and later play) Cavalleria rusticana and the novel I Malavoglia (The House by the Medlar Tree).