| Nicola Pugliese | |
| Birth Name: | Nicola Pugliese |
| Birth Date: | August 08, 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Place: | Avella, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Notable Works: | Malacqua |
Nicola Pugliese (Milan, 8 August 1944 - Avella, 25 April 2012) was an Italian author and journalist.
He published his debut novel, Malacqua, in 1977. Despite selling out in days, he requested not be reprinted and retired to a private life in Avella. It wasn’t printed again until after his death in 2012.
An English translation of Malacqua (trans. Shaun Whiteside) was published by And Other Stories in 2017.[1]