{{Short description|Italian writer}} thumb|Ferdinando Camon

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'''Ferdinando Camon''' (born 1935 in Montagnana) is a contemporary Italian writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/22/books/in-short-fiction-237325.html|title=IN SHORT: FICTION|last=Marcus|first=James|date=22 December 1985|work=The New York Times|page=18|accessdate=18 June 2011}}</ref> He is married to a journalist and has two sons: Alessandro Camon, a film producer/writer who lives in Los Angeles, and Alberto, who teaches criminal procedure and lives in Bologna. He has contributed to a number of Italian and foreign daily newspapers, including ''La Stampa'', ''l'Unità'', ''Avvenire'', ''Le Monde'' and ''La Nación''.

Perhaps Camon's best-known work in English is his trilogy of fictional memoirs consisting of ''The Fifth Estate'' (''Il Quinto Stato''), ''Life Everlasting'' (''La Vita Eterna''), and ''Memorial'' (''Un altare per la madre'').

==Works== {{div col}} *''Il Quinto Stato'', Garzanti, 1970 *''La Vita Eterna'', Garzanti, 1972 *''Liberare l'animale'', Garzanti, 1973 *''Occidente'', Garzanti, 1975 *''Storia di Sirio'', Garzanti, 1984 *''Un altare per la madre'', Garzanti, 1978 *''La malattia chiamata uomo'', Garzanti, 1981 *''La donna dei fili'', Garzanti, 1986 *''Il canto delle balene'', Garzanti, 1989 *''Il Super-Baby'', Rizzoli, 1991 *''Mai visti sole e luna'', Garzanti, 1994 *''La Terra è di tutti'', Garzanti, 1996 *''Dal silenzio delle campagne'', Garzanti, 1998 *''Conversazione con Primo Levi'' *''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'', Garzanti, 2004 {{div col end}}

==Awards== {{div col}} *Premio Luigi Russo (''Il Quinto Stato'') *Premio Città di Prato (''La vita eterna'') *Premio Viareggio di poesia (''Liberare l'animale'') *Premio Strega (''Un altare per la madre'') *Premio Giornalista del mese (al tempo di ''Occidente'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''La donna dei fili'') *Premio Selezione Campiello (''Il canto delle balene'') *Premio Elsa Morante (''Il Super-Baby'') *Premio Stazzema Alla Resistenza (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Pen Club (''Mai visti sole e luna'') *Premio Città di Bologna (''Dal silenzio delle campagne'') *Premio Giovanni Verga (''La cavallina, la ragazza e il diavolo'') {{div col end}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Camon, Ferdinando}} Category:20th-century Italian novelists Category:20th-century Italian male writers Category:21st-century Italian novelists Category:1935 births Category:Strega Prize winners Category:Living people Category:21st-century Italian male writers