Discusión:Curzio Malaparte

Malaparte's Conversion to Catholicism at his deathbed - a farce

In the end, in 1957, prominent Communist ideologues and Catholic theologians alternated at his death-bed. Nobody knew to which of the two churches he had finally become converted; and indeed both claimed him after his death.

from Encounter , Volume 58, Issue 1 - Volume 59, Issue 1 by Stephen Spender, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Irving Kristol Encounter Ltd., 1982, page 286

He had been shocked by the deaths of Toscanini, for whom religious service had been held in Rome, of Marchesi, and of Malaparte - considering the deathbed of the third to have been 'the writer's last comedy',

from A Need to Testify by Iris Origo; Helen Marx Books, Sep 15, 2001 page 263

For not having a truthful and a reliable information about last hours of his life, I removed the story about his coversion to Catholicism. (nicht signierter Beitrag von 71.178.106.120 (Diskussion) 01:33, 24. Feb. 2012 (CET))