Natalia Ginzburg

1916 - 1991

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Pseudonym: Alessandra Tornimparte

Country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Native language: Italian

Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian, French

Educated at: University of Turin

Occupation: writer, politician, playwright, poet, translator

Award received: Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize, Charles Veillon prize in the Italian language, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Position held: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic, editor

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)