Italo Svevo

Italo Svevo was born on Dec 19, 1861 in Italy]. Italo Svevo's big-screen debut came with Le parole di mio padre directed by Francesca Comencini in 2001.

Svevo worked as a bank clerk, and, after marrying Lidia Veneziani, he directed her father's factory, which supplied a special naval paint. He was much more successful as a businessman than as a writer at the time, his scripts being totally neglected. His fame came when he was over sixty, thanks to the interest of his English teacher, a young James Joyce.