Dacia Maraini | |
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 Maraini in 2012 | |
| Born | Dacia Maraini November 13, 1936 Fiesole, Florence, Italy |
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| Education | Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata, Florence |
| Period | 1961–present |
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| Notable works | La vacanza (The Vacation) L'età del malessere (The Age of Malaise) Donna in guerra (Woman at War) Buio |
| Notable awards | Formentor Prize 1962 L'età del malessere Premio Fregene |
| Partner | Alberto Moravia (1962–1983) |
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Dacia Maraini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːtʃa maraˈiːni]; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and the Premio Strega for Buio (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.[1]
- ^ "I Was Born Travelling". Eurochannel. – Maraini described her friendship with Moravia, Pasolini and Callas in a foreword written expressively for the German translation of Pasolini's film script Saint Paul in 2007 (Dacia Maraini, „Geleitwort von Dacia Maraini", in: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Der heilige Paulus [original title: San Paolo, 1977], film-script translated, edited and with a critical commentary by Dagmar Reichardt and Reinhold Zwick, Marburg: Schüren Verlag, 2007, pp. 7–10).