Mario Puzo (October 15 in New
York City, 1920 – July 2,
1999 in Bay Shore on Long Island)) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He is known for his crime
novels about the
Mafia, most
notably The Godfather (1969), which he later
co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay for the
first film in 1972
and Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the
original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film. His last novel, The Family, was released posthumously
in 2001. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)
マリオ・プーゾ
