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Alberto Moravia was a major figure in the 20th Century Italian Literature. His novels written on modern sexuality, social self-intimacy, alienation, and existentialism had become the message of neo-realism in European literature. This legendary legend of his lifetime was proposed thirteen times for the Nobel Prize between 1949 and 1965. His novel La Noia is the story of a painter unable to find meaning either in love or work. Written in 1960, this novel was made into a movie by Damiano Damiani in 1963. Next year the movie was released in the USA in the name of "The Empty Canvas" and made Moravia world famous. The appeal of the writing was so intense that in 1998 Cedric Kahn again made it into a movie titled "L ' Ennui". This book Shunya Chitrapata is an Odia translation of the book "The Empty Canvas."
ଇତାଲୀୟ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ଆଲବର୍ଟୋ ମୋରାଭିଆଙ୍କ ରଚିତ La Noia ( Boredom) ପୁସ୍ତକ ବିଶ୍ଵ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ ଏକ କ୍ଲାସିକ ମାନ୍ୟତା ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ । ଆଧୁନିକ ଯୌନତା, ସାମାଜିକ ଆତ୍ମନ୍ତରଣ ଏବଂ ଅସ୍ତିତ୍ଵବାଦୀ ଉଦ୍ଭଟତାକୁ ନେଇ ଲିଖିତ ତାଙ୍କର ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ଗୁଡିକ ୟୁରୋପୀୟ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ ନବ୍ୟ-ବାସ୍ତବବାଦ ଏବଂ ଅସ୍ତିତ୍ଵବାଦର ବାର୍ତ୍ତାବହ ହେଇ ଆସିଥିଲା । ନିଜ ଜୀବନ କାଳରେ କିମ୍ବଦନ୍ତୀରେ ପରିଣତ ହୋଇଥିବା ଏହି ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ ନୋବେଲ ପୁରସ୍କାର ପାଇଁ ତେରଥର ପ୍ରସ୍ତାବିତ ହୋଇଥିଲେ । ୧୯୬୩ ମସିହାରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଏହି 'ଲା ନୋଇଆ' ଉପନ୍ୟାସ ଡାମିଆନୋ ଡାମିଆନିଙ୍କ ଦ୍ବାରା ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ରରେ ପରିବେଶିତ ହୋଇଥିଲା ଏବଂ ୧୯୬୪ ମସିହାରେ ତାହା The Empty Canvas ନାମରେ ଆମେରିକାରେ ମୁକ୍ତିଲାଭ କରି ମୋରାଭିଆଙ୍କୁ ବିଶ୍ଵପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧି ଆଣିଦେଲା । ଏ ଲେଖାର ଆବେଦନ ଏଭଳି ତୀବ୍ର ଥିଲା ଯେ ୧୯୯୮ ମସିହାରେ ସେଡ୍ରିକ କାହ୍ନ ଏହାକୁ ପୁନର୍ବାର "L' Ennui" ନାମକ ଏକ ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ରରେ ରୂପାନ୍ତରିତ କରିଥିଲେ । 'ଶୂନ୍ୟ ଚିତ୍ରପଟ' ଉପନ୍ୟାସଟି 'The Empty Canvas'ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାନ୍ତର ।
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Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) was an Italian journalist, short-story writer, and novelist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. He was a major figure in 20th-century Italian literature. Moravia was a perennial contender to the Nobel Prize in Literature, having been nominated 13 times between 1949 and 1965.
