Mario Puzo is a famous American writer andscreenwriter, who became famous for his novel and the script for the film “The Godfather”. Despite this, he cannot be called the author of one book. Mario has written many successful short stories, short stories and novels both as part of the continuation of the life story of the Italian mafia clan, as well as outside of it. Mario also authored many screenplays for successful films and TV shows.
short biography
Марио Пьюзо родился в Нью-Йорке в 1920 году в immigrant family from Italy. Despite the fact that he was undoubtedly one hundred percent American, he devoted a lot of space to Italian culture and traditions in his personal life and work. The future writer was born in Manhattan - the most criminal part of New York at that time, which had the informal name “Hellish Kitchen”. During the Second World War, Mario served in the ranks of the American army in Germany and several Asian countries. All this hardened the character of the future writer and partly became the basis of his subsequent novels and scripts. After the war, he was educated at the College of Social Sciences in New York, and then at Columbia University.
After graduation, the future author workedin a variety of government organizations, including abroad. For 20 years he constantly changed his place of work and moved a lot. After his 40th birthday, Mario decides to radically change his life and quits his job, which eventually leads him to the path of the writer.
Beginning of literary activity
In the mid-twentieth century, Mario worked as a freelancerin various magazines and newspapers, and then got a job as a journalist and editor in the magazine of the famous publisher Martin Goodman. This was the beginning of the literary work of Mario Puzo. Books by the author appear after a few years. First, these are short stories in magazines, and then the first creation, Arena Mark, comes out. The book was written under the impression of the events of the Second World War and told about the love story of an American soldier and a girl from Germany.
Despite the rather successful debut, the book is notIt was noticed by critics and did not receive special attention, which is not the case with the following creations of Mario Puzo. The Godfather was born ten years later, but this book brought the writer lightning success.
"Godfather"
The novel was first published in 1969 and alreadya year later became the undoubted bestseller. The book told about the life of America of those times with all its problems, laws and corruption. It liked and attracted readers, but Mario Puzo did not expect such huge popularity. The Godfather, according to the author himself, was written only to pay off debts, and later he fully provided the entire family. After the overwhelming success of the book, Mario was also asked to write a screenplay for the film based on his work, which he willingly did. The film received more than a dozen nominations for an Oscar, including an award directly for the best screenplay. Inspired by the success, Mario, together with the famous director Francis Coppola, filmed a continuation of the story about the Italian mafia clan, which also received the most laudable reviews and tremendous success.
Features of the novel
История о мафии, и их законы чести – это, undoubtedly the basis of the literary work of Mario Puzo. Books describe the mafia clan Carleone, operating in the early twentieth century in the United States. According to the author, the prototype of the main character, Vito, was Mario's mother, who always took care of the integrity and unity of her family. The controversial hero of the novel - at the same time cruel, but fair, attracted the attention of readers all over the world. The second hero, Michael, Vito's son, is a man who is trying to find himself and retire from the family, but life circumstances and situations force him to continue the family business in the mafia business. After the success, Mario took up the continuation of the story, which also had great success with both readers and viewers after the release of films and the show of the same name. It is also thanks to this novel that popular terms have appeared in popular culture such terms as capoperability, omerta, Cosa Nostra, etc.
Other novels
In addition to "The Godfather" special attention alsoOther works by Mario Puzo deserve: “The First Don,” “The Sicilian,” etc. The author wrote scripts for the novels, which later turned into successful films. In the early 90s, Mario suffers a heart attack and after a short break, returns to literary activity, in particular, he publishes the novel The Last Don. Mario Puzo sells the rights to the production of the film F. Coppola for more than 2 million dollars. In 1997, the director shoots the television series of the same name, which was a huge success.
In 1999, Mario Puzo suddenly dies fromheart failure in your home. A year after his death, his novel Omert is published, which became the final book of the trilogy about the mafia clan after The Godfather and the Sicilian. Unfortunately, Mario did not have time to write the script for this book as it was planned. The author also did not manage to finish his last work “Family”. The book was published in 2001 and was already written by his wife, Carol.
Activity as a screenwriter
Scenarios for films about the mafia clan Carleon -undoubtedly the basis of Mario’s activities as a screenwriter. To date, these films are considered classics of modern cinematography and have not lost their popularity. Despite this, the writer also worked a lot on screenplays for other films that were very successful. Among them are "Superman", "Earthquake", "Christopher Columbus" and others.
Марио Пьюзо – выдающая личность в современной American literature and film industry. His novel "The Godfather" is considered one of the most successful and popular throughout the world, and the eponymous film, shot according to the script of the author, has long been a classic of modern cinematography. Based on his numerous works, successful films, serials and video games were made, and the names of his characters often appear in popular culture not only in America, but in the whole world.
