Grazia Deledda
Italian writer (1871-1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Native name | Gràssia Deledda Gràtzia Deledda |
Born | Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (1871-09-27)27 September 1871 Nuoro, Italy |
Died | 15 August 1936(1936-08-15) (aged 64) Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Writer, novelist |
Literary movement | Realism, Decadence |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 |
Spouse |
Palmiro Madesani (m. 1900) |
Children | Sardus Madesani (1901–1938) Francesco Madesani (1904–1981) |
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