Giovanni Verga

GPTKB entity

Statements (141)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Italian_government
gptkbp:active_years 1860-1922
gptkbp:adaptation I Malavoglia (film)
Cavalleria Rusticana (opera)
gptkbp:adaptations I Malavoglia (film)
Cavalleria Rusticana (opera)
gptkbp:associated_with Literary realism
Naturalism
Italian literature
Sicilian literature
Verismo movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:None
Honorary degree from the University of Catania
Honorary citizenship of Catania
gptkbp:birth_date September 2, 1840
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Catania,_Sicily
gptkbp:born gptkb:Catania
1840
September 2, 1840
Spent in Catania
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Catania
gptkbp:career_start gptkb:literature
Journalism
gptkbp:children gptkb:None
gptkbp:contribution Italian realism
Verismo movement
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influenced writers across Europe
gptkbp:cultural_significance Symbol of Sicilian identity
Representative of 19th-century literature
Symbol of Sicilian culture
gptkbp:death_date January 27, 1922
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Milan,_Italy
gptkbp:died gptkb:1922
January 27, 1922
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Catania
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Catania
gptkbp:family gptkb:noble_family
Catanese family
gptkbp:famous_for Depicting Sicilian life
Depicting rural life in Sicily
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Realism
gptkb:Fiction
Naturalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Giovanni Verga
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Film_adaptations
gptkb:sociology
gptkb:Anthropology
Cultural studies
Literary criticism
Artistic movements
Contemporary literature
Theater adaptations
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Italian_cinema
gptkb:Luigi_Pirandello
Italian literature
Contemporary Italian literature
gptkbp:influenced_artists Italian realism
French naturalism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Gustave_Flaubert
gptkb:Alexandre_Dumas
gptkb:Honoré_de_Balzac
gptkb:Alessandro_Manzoni
Naturalism
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:filmmakers
Sicilian culture
Theater directors
Modern Italian authors
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Verismo
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:legacy Influence on future generations of writers
Influence on future writers
Cultural impact in Sicily
gptkbp:literary_career_end gptkb:1922
gptkbp:literary_career_start 1865
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Realism
gptkb:Verismo
Naturalism
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Verismo
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Mastro-don_Gesualdo
gptkb:Cavalleria_Rusticana
gptkb:Novelle_rusticane
gptkb:I_Malavoglia
La Lupa
Vita dei campi
Storia di una capinera
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Cavalleria_Rusticana
gptkb:I_Malavoglia
La Lupa
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:philosophy Focus on social realism
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Catania
gptkb:Catania,_Sicily
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Milan,_Italy
gptkb:Milan
gptkbp:portrayed_in gptkb:Documentaries
Literary studies
Artistic works
Biographical films
Theater adaptations
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Cultural festivals in Sicily
Literary awards named after him
Considered a classic of Italian literature
Cultural icon in Sicily
gptkbp:related_to Sicilian culture
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:None
gptkbp:style gptkb:Realism
Realistic fiction
Regionalism
Simple and direct prose
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Social_issues
Family dynamics
Rural life
Tradition vs modernity
Struggles of the poor
gptkbp:themes gptkb:Social_issues
Family dynamics
Conflict between tradition and modernity
Family and tradition
Peasant life
Struggles of the lower class
gptkbp:writings Pioneering the Verismo literary movement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messina
gptkb:Calabria
gptkb:Palermo
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Sicily
gptkb:Reggio_Calabria
gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Order_of_the_Crown_of_Italy
gptkb:Catania
gptkb:Alberto_Moravia
gptkb:Salerno
gptkb:Turin,_Italy
gptkb:Cesena
gptkb:Italian_Resistance_Movement
gptkb:Taranto,_Italy
gptkb:Alessandro_Manzoni
gptkb:Milan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4