Piero Chiara

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Piero Chiara (March 13, 1913 - December 31, 1986) was an Italian writer.

He was born in Luino, on Lake Maggiore (northern Italy) into a family of Sicilian origin. Sought by the Fascist milice during World War II, he fled to Switzerland in 1944. He returned to Italy two years later, starting the activity of writer.

His most famous work is La stanza del vescovo of 1976, which was turned into a film by Dino Risi soon afterwards.

He died in Varese in 1986.

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