- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGiovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi
- Giovanni Guareschi was born on May 1, 1908 in Roccabianca, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Anger (1963), The Return of Don Camillo (1953) and The World of Don Camillo (1984). He was married to Ennia Pallini. He died on July 22, 1968 in Cervia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- SpouseEnnia Pallini(February 10, 1940 - July 22, 1968) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsPrimo Augusto GuareschiLina Maghenzani
- Best-known as the author of comic stories featuring Italian parish priest Don Camillo, locked in a perpetual struggle with the town's communist mayor. The best filmed versions starred Fernandel and Gino Cervi in the respective roles.
- Father of Alberto Guareschi and Carlotta Guareschi.
- In the valley a bicycle is just as necessary as a pair of shoes, in fact more so. Because even if a man hasn't any shoes he can still ride a bicycle, whereas if he hasn't a bicycle he must surely travel on foot.
- Minutes and seconds are strictly city preoccupations. In the city people hurry, hurry so as not to waste a single minute, and fail to realize that they are throwing a lifetime away.
- I was born near the Po and it is the only respectable river in all Italy. To be respectable, a river must flow through a plain because water was created to stay horizontal and only when it is perfectly horizontal does it preserve its natural dignity. Niagara Falls is an embarrassing phenomenon, like a man who walks on his hands.
- When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.
- It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.
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