Born in
Pachino,
Syracuse, Brancati studied in
Catania, where he graduated in letters and where he spent most of his life. While he started writing at a young age and at 25 years old he was already the author of six books, which were largely influenced by
fascist ideals and which were later rejected by the same Brancati, critics tend to set the starting point of his career in 1935, when he released the collection of short stories
In search of a cause. He died in a clinic in
Turin after a major surgery. He was married to actress
Anna Proclemer and the couple had a daughter together. ==Selected works==