Laura Mancinelli

1933 - 2016

Country of citizenship: Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Native language: Italian

Languages spoken, written or signed: German, Old High German, Middle High German, Italian

Occupation: professor, writer, translator, historian, germanist, novelist, essayist, children's writer

Award received: Mondello Prize, National Literary Award for Woman Writer, Cesare Pavese Prize, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Student of: Leonello Vincenti

Influenced by: Ladislao Mittner, Gottfried von Strassburg, Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide

Official website: lauramancinelli.it

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Laura Mancinelli (18 December 1933 – 7 July 2016) was an Italian writer, Germanist, medievalist and university professor. Mancinelli also wrote academic texts, children's books, essays (numerous of medieval history), and novels. Source: Wikipedia (en)