Italy was mourning one of its top
literary figures of the 20th century on Monday after Raffaele La
Capria died at the age of 99 in Rome.
La Capria won Italy's top literary award, the Strega Prize, in
1961 for his portrayal of his native Naples in The Mortal Wound
(Ferito a Morte), a work that is now considered a classic.
He was also the co-scriptwriter of several of Francesco Rosi's
films, including Hands Over the City (Le Mani sulla Città,
1963), which won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion.
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