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My Take
Curzio Malaparte fascinates me because he lived several incompatible lives at once: novelist, filmmaker, war correspondent, diplomat. That restlessness bleeds into his prose, where beauty and atrocity are forever pressed against each other. Reading Kaputt and The Skin, I am struck by how someone who actually witnessed war, and was decorated for it, could render its horror with such unsettling, almost painterly precision. He was a man buffeted by his century's ideologies, yet he never stopped writing his way through the wreckage. I admire that defiance. He remains one of those Italian figures whose contradictions make him impossible to file away neatly.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Curzio Malaparte
- Name (Japanese)
- クルツィオ・マラパルテ
- Reading
- くるつぃお・まらぱるて
- Born
- June 9, 1898 – July 19, 1957
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Prato, Province of Prato, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / journalist / diplomat / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sapienza University of Rome
Awards & achievements
- War Cross for Military Valour
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Curzio Malaparte born?
June 9, 1898 – July 19, 1957.
Where is Curzio Malaparte from?
Curzio Malaparte is from Prato, Province of Prato, Italy.
What does Curzio Malaparte do?
Curzio Malaparte works as film director, screenwriter, journalist, diplomat, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-24
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.