Ercole Patti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ercole Patti

Italian author

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1976

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ercole Patti ( 16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian author, dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family, the nephew of author Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925.
After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome where earning a living from journalism.
There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed in the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo, where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places.
He got notoriety as a novelist in 1940, with Quartieri alti, a satirical portrait of Roman high classes.
His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti.Patti was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films.
In addition to novels Patti published collections of short stories and two autobiographical works.