What is Giorgio Pressburger?
[[File:Giorgio Pressburger.jpg|thumbnail|Giorgio Pressburger]] '''Giorgio Pressburger''' (April 21, 1937 – October 5, 2017) was an Hungarian-born Italian writer of novels and short stories.<ref>[http://hvg.hu/kultura/20171005_elhunyt_giorgio_pressburger Elhunyt Giorgio Pressburger magyar származású olasz író] {{in lang|hu}}</ref> He was born in [[Budapest]]. Pressburger settled in Italy in 1956, where he worked as a movie and theatre director. He later became the Director of the [[Institute of Italian Culture]] in [[Hungary]]. His book ''[[The Law of White Spaces]]'' was shortlisted for the [[Independent Foreign Fiction Award]] in 1992. His other works include the novel ''[[Teeth and Spies]]'' and the short story collection ''[[Snow and Guilt]]''.<ref>Pressburger, Giorgio. ''The Law of White Spaces'', Vintage, 1994.</ref> ==Notes== <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pressburger, Giorgio}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Italian writers]] [[Category:Hungarian novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Budapest]]