Natalia Ginzburg

Natalia Ginzburg
Ginzburg and President Sandro Pertini, early 1980s
Born	Natalia Levi (1916-07-14)14 July 1916 Palermo, Italy
Died	7 October 1991(1991-10-07) (aged 75) Rome, Italy
Pen name	Alessandra Tornimparte
Occupation	Writer
Language	Italian
Alma mater	University of Turin
Genres	Novels, short stories, essays
Notable works	Family Sayings The Advertisement see more below
Notable awards	1963 Strega Prize Family Sayings 1984 Bagutta Prize La famiglia Manzoni see more below
Spouses	Leone Ginzburg ​ ​ (m. 1938; died 1944)​ Gabriele Baldini ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1969)​
Children	Carlo Ginzburg Andrea Ginzburg Alessandra Ginzburg Susanna Baldini (1954–2002) Antonio Baldini (1959–1960)
Relatives	Giuseppe Levi (father)

Natalia Ginzburg (Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈɡintsburɡ], German: [ˈɡɪntsbʊʁk]; née Levi; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and the United States.

An activist, for a time in the 1930s she belonged to the Italian Communist Party. In 1983, she was elected to Parliament from Rome as an independent politician.