Dacia Maraini

1936 -

Country of citizenship: Italy

Native language: Italian

Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

Occupation: poet, film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright

Award received: Alabarda d'Oro Award, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Strega Prize, Prix Formentor, Napoli Prize, Premio Campiello, Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)