Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda
Deledda in 1926
Deledda in 1926
Native name
Gràssia Deledda
Gràtzia Deledda
BornGrazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda
(1871-09-27)27 September 1871
Nuoro, Italy
Died15 August 1936(1936-08-15) (aged 64)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter, novelist
Literary movementRealism, Decadence
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1926
Spouse
Palmiro Madesani
(m. 1900)
ChildrenSardus Madesani (1901–1938)
Francesco Madesani (1904–1981)
Signature

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (Italian: [ˈɡrattsja deˈlɛdda]; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda[1][2] [ˈɡɾa(t)si.a ðɛˈlɛɖːa]; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926[3] "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e. Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general".[4] She was the first Italian woman to receive the prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.[5]

  1. ^ "Gràtzia Deledda". sardegnacultura.it (in Sardinian). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ Serra, Sarvadore (3 September 2016). "Gràssia Deledda, unu Nobel sardu a s'Itàlia". Limba Sarda 2.0 (in Sardinian). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ Grazia Deledda (Italian author). britannica.com
  4. ^ https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1926/press.html Award speech, apparently citing the Swedish Academy.
  5. ^ Hallengren, Anders. "Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia". Nobel Media. Retrieved 16 April 2014.