Pier Angelo Soldini

Pier Angelo Soldini (25 May 1910 – 12 July 1974) was an Italian novelist, essayist and journalist.

Pier Angelo Soldini
Born	25 May 1910 Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy
Died	12 July 1974 (aged 64) Volpedo, Italy

Born in Castelnuovo Scrivia, in 1935 Soldini won a special Viareggio Prize for best first work thanks to his debut novel Alghe e meduse. In 1937, he won the Bagutta Prize for the book Sole e bandiere.[1]

Soldini collaborated as a journalist with various publications, and was editorial director of the publishing house Palazzi.[1] He died on July 12, 1974 in Volpedo, where he was spending his holidays.[1]

Further reading

• Roberto Carlo Delconte. Tra giornalismo e letteratura. Pier Angelo Soldini (1910-2010) e la cultura del Novecento. Comune di Castelnuovo Scrivia, 2011. ISBN 8895805135.

References

1. f. m. (13 July 1974). "È morto a 64 anni lo scrittore Soldini". La Stampa (153). p. 7.