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Camillo Boito


Born
in Rome, Italy
October 10, 1836

Died
June 28, 1914

Genre
Literature & Fiction


He was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
As a novelist Boito wrote several collections of short stories, including a psychological horror short story titled "A Christmas Eve", a tale of incestuous obsession and necrophilia, which bears a striking similarity to Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice." A short film adaptation is due for release in 2011.
Around 1882 he wrote his most famous novella, Senso, a disturbing tale of sexual decadence. In 1954, Senso was memorably adapted for the screen by Italian director Luchino Visconti and then, later, in 2002 into a more sexually disturbing adaptation by Tinto Brass.
Another story, "Un Corpo" (also dealing with themes of sexual decadence and necrophilia), h ...more

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Senso
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Senso and Other Stories
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Os Restauradores
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Un corpo
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― Camillo Boito
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