Giuseppe Pederiali was an Italian writer whose novels mixed reality and fantasy, giving life to an Italian magical realism strongly rooted in the literary culture and landscape of the Po Valley. Pederiali gained considerable literary success during his lifetime, both nationally and internationally, with some of his work translated into English, French, Russian, and Japanese.
Pederiali was born on 16 July 1937 in Finale Emilia, a town in the lower Po Valley on the border between the provinces of Modena, Ferrara, and Bologna. At sixteen, having lost both his parents, he enrolled in the Italian Navy Petty Officer Academy (CEMM). In 1955, he boarded the cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli, which was sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, and was subsequently transferred to the ship Rampino, which served
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Citation: Baja Guarienti, Carlo. "Giuseppe Pederiali". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 October 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15017, accessed 09 May 2024.]
