Carlo Emilio Gadda

Carlo Emilio Gadda
Carlo Emilio Gadda in the 1960s
Born	(1893-11-14)November 14, 1893 Milan, Italy
Died	May 21, 1973(1973-05-21) (aged 79) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Italian
Period	1932–1973
Genre	Fiction, essays, poetry
Literary movement	Modernism, Postmodernism, Lombard line
Notable awards	Bagutta Prize, Viareggio Prize

Carlo Emilio Gadda (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo eˈmiːljo ˈɡadda]; November 14, 1893 – May 21, 1973) was an Italian writer and poet. He belongs to the tradition of the language innovators, writers who played with the somewhat stiff standard pre-war Italian language, and added elements of dialects, technical jargon and wordplay.