As an editorial director of Feltrinelli Bassani was responsible for the posthumous publication in 1958 of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo, a novel which had been rejected by Elio Vittorini at Mondadori, and Einaudi.
Giuseppe Garibaldi | Giuseppe Tornatore | Giuseppe Sinopoli | Giuseppe De Santis | Giuseppe Capogrossi | Giuseppe Terragni | Giuseppe Mazzini | Giuseppe Ungaretti | Giuseppe Lignano | Giuseppe Tucci | Giuseppe Radaelli | Giuseppe Pizzardo | Giuseppe Morello | Giuseppe Marchese | Giuseppe Guarneri | Giuseppe Di Cristina | San Giuseppe Jato | Rima San Giuseppe | Giuseppe Valdengo | Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | Giuseppe Soleri | Giuseppe Sergi | Giuseppe Quaglio | Giuseppe Piazzi | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Giuseppe Parini | Giuseppe Mosca | Giuseppe Greco | Giuseppe Giusti | Giuseppe Farina |
Many of the damaged structures from the earthquake are still standing, including the ruined palace of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and the Palazzo Filangeri-Cutò.