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Sandro Camasio

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Sandro Camasio
Born
Alessandro Camasio

(1889-04-05)5 April 1889
Died23 June 1913(1913-06-23) (aged 24)
Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation(s)Journalist and playwright

Alessandro "Sandro" Camasio (5 April 1886 – 23 June 1917) was an Italian journalist and playwright. He first studied jurisprudence in his native Turin, but started out as a journalist for the Gazzetta di Torino and Gazzetta del Popolo. He joined Nino Oxilia in writing dramatic works, starting with the work Zingara and Addio giovinezza (Goodbye Youth). Some of his works were later converted into films.[1] He died unexpectedly from meningitis.

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  1. ^ Rivista enciclopedica contemporanea, Editore Francesco Vallardi, Milan, (1913), entry by SS, page 205.