Italy-born and New York City-based playwright/critic Mario Fratti took home the prestigious Capri Award for his Forbidden Diary (Diario Prohibito), his only novel, written when he was 20 about the horrors of the German invasion of Italy. Fratti was presented with the award September 26, 2013 before the Italian Parliament.

Created 30 years ago, the Capri Award has previously gone to such major Italian writers and personalities as Roberto Righetto, Silvano Petrosino, John Uggeri and Raffaele Bussi.

Fratti is perhaps best known for writing the libretto to the Broadway musical Nine, based on his play Six Passionate Women – Life of Fellini – film "8 1/2″ and was recently made into a movie musical starring Antonio Banderas.

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