Leonardo Sciascia , an Italian writer and politician , read Bevilacqua 's first collection of stories , The Dust on the Grass ( 1955 ) , was impressed and published it .
Alberto Bevilacqua ( 27 June 1934 -- 9 September 2013 ) was an Italian writer and filmmaker .
Leonardo Sciascia , an Italian writer and politician , read writer 's first collection of stories , The Dust on the Grass ( 1955 ) , was impressed and published it .
Alberto Bevilacqua ( 27 June 1934 -- 9 September 2013 ) was an Italian writer and filmmaker .