Moravia, Alberto (Pseudonym of Alberto Pincherle) 1907–

Moravia is an Italian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, and film critic. In his fiction Moravia depicts a world of bourgeois decadence, peopled with characters whose response to life is alienation and indifference. His work is noted for its unsentimental depiction of sexual relationships, stressing the unfeeling amorality of contemporary Italy. Moravia is considered the leader of the neorealist school of writing in Italy. (See also CLC, Vols. 2, 7, and 11.)