Giovanni Verga

Writing • AGE 81

Giovanni Carmelo Verga (1840–1922) was an Italian realist (verista) writer, best known for his depictions of life in his native Sicily, especially the short story (and later play) Cavalleria rusticana...

Filmography

The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

Original Story

2015

The House by the Medlar Tree

Story

2011

Cavalleria Rusticana

Writer

2002

La lupa

Novel

1996

Sparrow

Novel

1994

The Bandit

Novel

1969

Mastro Don Gesualdo

Novel

1964

Fatal Desire

Short Story

1954

The She-Wolf

Novel

1953

La Terra Trema

Novel

1949

Cavalleria rusticana

Writer

1924

The Royal Tigress

Novel

1916