Were Noël Coward and Mario Puzo of the same nationality?
Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( ; ] ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist of Italian descent. 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.
Bernard Noël Bernard Noël (born 19 November 1930, Sainte-Geneviève-sur-Argence, Aveyron) is a French writer and poet. He received the "Grand Prix national de la poésie" (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992 and the "Prix Robert Ganzo" (Robert Ganzo Prize) in 2010.