Renato Candida

Renato Candida
Born(1916-09-30)30 September 1916
Lecce, Italy
Died11 October 1988(1988-10-11) (aged 72)
Turin, Italy
Occupations

Renato Candida (30 September 1916 – 11 October 1988) was an Italian carabiniere. While stationed in Agrigento in Sicily, he wrote Questa mafia ("This Mafia") in 1956. This book was among the first to acknowledge the existence of the Mafia as a criminal organization—a fact often denied by authorities at the time. He served as the inspiration for the character Captain Bellodi, the protagonist of Leonardo Sciascia's best-selling crime novel The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta).

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