Rafael Sabatini

Rafael Sabatini
Born(1875-04-29)29 April 1875
Jesi, Kingdom of Italy
Died13 February 1950(1950-02-13) (aged 74)
Adelboden, Switzerland
OccupationNovelist
NationalityItalian / English
Genreromance, adventure
Literary movementNeo-romanticism
Notable worksScaramouche, Captain Blood

Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.[1]

He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk (1915), Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (a.k.a. Captain Blood: His Odyssey) (1922), and Bellarion the Fortunate (1926). Several of his novels have been made into films, both silent and sound.

In all, Sabatini produced 34 novels, eight short story collections, six non-fiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and several plays.

  1. ^ "Sabatini, Rafael". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37926. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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