Mario Rigoni Stern


Mario Rigoni Stern was an Italian author and World War II veteran.

Biography

His first novel Il sergente nella neve, published in 1953, draws on his own experience as a sergeant major in the Alpini corps during the disastrous retreat from Russia in World War II. It is his only work to be translated into English and Spanish.
Other well-known works also include Le stagioni di Giacomo, Storia di Tönle, and the collection of short stories Sentieri sotto la neve.

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