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Mario Francis Puzo (/ ˈ p uː z oʊ /; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso,-ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia , most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola .
Jun 28, 2024 · Mario Puzo was an American novelist and screenwriter who chronicled a fictional Mafia family, the Corleones, in The Godfather (1969), which became one of the most successful novels ever—selling some 21 million copies worldwide, spawning three critically and financially successful motion pictures,
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- The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo, Robert Thompson (Introduction), Peter Bart (Afterword)
- The Sicilian by Mario Puzo.
- The Last Don by Mario Puzo.
- Omerta by Mario Puzo.
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City and Long Island, headed by Vito Corleone, the Godfather.
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Mario Puzo. Writer: The Godfather. Mario Puzo was born October 15, 1920, in "Hell's Kitchen" on Manhattan's (NY) West Side and, following military service in World War II, attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University.
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Jul 2, 1999 · Mario Puzo. Born. in Manhattan, New York, The United States. October 15, 1920. Died. July 02, 1999. Website. http://www.mariopuzo.com/ Genre. Literature & Fiction, Classics, Mafia. edit data. Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York.
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In Don Corleone, Mario Puzo has created a persona who shifts people's views of the role of the mafia. While there might be killings in revenge on occasion, the Don assists his people in a time of need in the role of an inner city Italian Robin Hood.
