Biancamaria Frabotta | |
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 Frabotta in 2012 | |
| Born | Bianca Maria Frabotta 11 June 1946 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 2 May 2022 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Poet, academic, novelist, playwright |
| Language | Italian |
| Education | University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome |
| Period | 1976–2022 |
| Literary movement | Anti-fascism, feminism |
| Notable works | Il rumore bianco La viandanza La pianta del pane Da mani mortali |
| Notable awards | Premio Dessì Prize 2003 La pianta del pane |
Biancamaria Frabotta (11 June 1946 – 2 May 2022) was an Italian writer. She promoted the study of women writers in Italy[1] and her early poetry focused on feminist issues.[2] The main themes of her later works are melancholy, the dichotomy between Nature and History and between Action and Contemplation, the relationship between the body and the self, and conjugal love. Besides essays on feminism and academic works on poets such as Giorgio Caproni, Franco Fortini, and Amelia Rosselli, she wrote plays, radio-dramas, a television show on Petrarch, and a novel.[3] Until her retirement in 2016, she taught Modern Italian Literature at the University of Rome La Sapienza, where she previously received her Laurea degree.
- ^ Catherine O'Brien, "Biancamaria Frabotta" in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature, eds. Peter Hainsworth and David Robey (Oxford: OUP, 2002): http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198183327.001.0001/acref-9780198183327-e-1362?p=emailAO1r0P5Z9MwZM&d=/10.1093/acref/9780198183327.001.0001/acref-9780198183327-e-1362
- ^ Sheila Ralph, Italian Literature – The 20th Century, in Encyclopædia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/art/Italian-literature/The-20th-century#ref719495
- ^ Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies (Routledge: New York, 2007) pp. 770–772