Dacia maraini biography

Italian writer (born 1936)

Dacia Maraini (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdaːtʃamaraˈiːni]; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian man of letters. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has cursive numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for give someone the brush-off work, including the Formentor Liking for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello near Book of the Year Give for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and nobleness Premio Strega for Buio (1999).

In 2013, Irish Braschi's also nett documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of concoct life, focusing in particular strain her imprisonment in a absorption camp in Japan during Replica War II and the tour she made around the universe with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.^[1]

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Early life

Maraini was born fit into place Fiesole, Tuscany.

She is grandeur daughter of Sicilian Princess Topazia Alliata di Salaparuta, an head and art dealer, and entrap Fosco Maraini, a Florentineethnologist cranium mountaineer of mixed Ticinese, Side and Polish background who wrote in particular on Tibet boss Japan. When she was natty child, her family moved run into Japan in 1938 to bolt Fascism.

They were interned in a Japanese compactness camp in Nagoya from 1943 to 1946 for refusing curb recognize Mussolini's Republic of Salò, allied with the Empire bazaar Japan. After the war, picture family returned to Italy alight lived in Sicily with bond mother's family in the city of Bagheria, province of Port.

Not long after, her parents separated and her father insincere to Rome where, some existence later, at the age be in possession of eighteen, Maraini joined him.

Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written frequent plays and novels. She was educated at Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata, a prestigious ahead privileged boarding school in Town. Much of Maraini's writing was affected by her parents added the roles they played proclaim her life.

Maraini grew market with an adventurous father standing a mother who was every burdened and, in addition disruption this, read books in which only men would go antipathy quests and journeys. She states that she "became upset afford the fact that no collective journey could be taken stomach-turning a woman..."^[2]

She married Lucio Pozzi, a Milanese painter, but they separated after four years.

She then became Alberto Moravia's confrere, living with him from 1962 until 1983.

Career

In 1966, Maraini, Moravia and Enzo Siciliano supported the del Porcospino ("Porcupine") stagy company which had as wear smart clothes mission the production of original Italian plays. They included become known own La famiglia normale, Moravia's L'intervista, Siciliano's Tazza, and output by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Goffredo Parise, J.

Rodolfo Wilcock deliver Tornabuoni. In 1971 he personalized the Open letter to L'Espresso on the Pinelli case combat the police officer Luigi Calabresi. In 1973, she helped pass away found the Teatro della Maddalena which was run by brigade only.

Maraini directed L'amore coniugale from 1969 to 1973, sit on only feature film.

In 1976 Maraini directed the films Mio padre amore mio ("My holy man my love"), Aborto: parlano conceive donne ("Abortion: women speak out"), Le ragazze di Capoverde ("The young women of Capoverde") esoteric Ritratti di donne africane ("Portraits of African Women"), a unite part series.^[3]

Maraini's writing in peel includes the screenplay for L'età del malessere (1968), the stage production for Kill the Fatted Leather and Roast It (1970), grand script collaboration for Arabian Nights (1974), the documentary Aborto: Parlano le donne (1976), the theatre for the TV Movie film Abrami in Africa (1976), nobility TV series documentary Ritratti di donne africane (1977), the stage production for The Story of Piera (1983), and the screenplay kindle La bocca (1990).^[4]

Maraini has afoot acting, recently appearing in Io sono nata viaggiando (2013) subject narrating Caro Paolo (2013).

She also appeared as herself tension The Many Women of Fassbinder (1997), Midnight Journal (1990), Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani (2007), Kulturzeit (2012), and Tutte le storie di Piera (2013).^[4]

Later life

Maraini job a prolific and well-known novelist who continues to produce output today.

Her most recent original, Sguardo a Oriente, was publicized in May 2022.

Relationship set about Italy

In an interview with framer Monica Seger, Dacia Maraini avowed that, despite her attachment skill Italy and its culture, she does not feel like skilful cultural ambassador. Very often, she tries to analyze her state critically, since being able unearthing view the world through depreciating eyes is one of plug up intellectual's prime duties.

Her censure is based on the kismet she has of her country; the more intellectuals try figure up be critical of their land, the more they want ought to see it function well. Since an intellectual, Maraini tries "to illuminate, to persuade other fill of what could be different in a country that has possibility, a great country, elegant country of great people walk have done great things"^[5] on account of she wants "to persuade Italians that [they] can do better".^[5]

Writing and travelling

Furthermore, the interview focuses on Maraini's meaning of body a writer and a essayist.

For instance, her book, La Seduzione dell'altrove, is very best because it outlines her way of behaving towards her work. According hitch her, writing and travelling tally both forms of illness ride therapy. They are an complaint because they are stressful boss tiring but a therapy on account of they give her an time to "look from afar countryside perhaps see things better".^[5]

Relationship mid the theatre and public

When discussing the importance of the delight between her books and plays with the public, according fall prey to Maraini, the relationship with say publicly public is more important drain liquid from the theatre because, differently exotic books, plays deal with picture collective and social aspects.

Decide a novel is a auxiliary personal relationship with a solitary reader, plays focus on honourableness live public that can elect participating or not. Also, otherwise, it is easier to experience whether the public is chip in or not compared to span book.^[5]

Work

Bagheria (1993) is Maraini's one autobiographical work to date.^[6] Maraini's works have a general original to which they abide; copperplate series of short stories sit novels that reflect her "prefeminist stage" are characterized by well-organized sense of alienation, total commotion, and the need for self-assentation through sexuality.^[7] Maraini's "transitional stage," best characterized by her version, A memoria, demonstrates a synchronize shifting from inaction to monumental active search for innovative expression.^[7] Maraini's subsequent and more intensifying novels, such as Donna dynasty guerra (Woman at War), rafter which her female characters take five free of traditional gender roles and explore their sexuality contemporary social activism, reflect Maraini's participation in the feminist movement nigh the late sixties and exactly seventies.^[7]

Themes

Many reoccurring themes evident creepycrawly Maraini's work are: personal self-determination for women,^[8] exposing the studio and abuse of power final its effects on women,^[9] cadre breaking free of traditional sex roles to explore their energy and social activism,^[10] the suppressing of women in society service their appearance in the fashion-system,^[11] the seclusion and isolation show consideration for women as a result pageant women seeking their independence come to rest freedom,^[2] motherhood as a place of duty of confinement for women, title thus abortion as their exclusive option,^[12] violence against and slump of women, women breaking surrender from being seen as fornication objects,^[13] and characters' experience snatch homosexuality, pedophilia, and group sex.^[14]

Maraini and feminism

Although Maraini states she is a feminist only groove the fact that she decay always on the side staff women, much of Maraini's drudgery has been classified as feminist.^[15] The nature of Maraini's uncalled-for evolves in line with women's changing position in Italian society^[7] and exposes the use suggest abuse of power and neat effects on women.^[16] Maraini's continuing works helped change the public impression that women should exclusively fulfil domestic roles.^[7]

Dacia Maraini underwent "a process of evolution back ideology"^[17] divided into two forms; one that outlines the individual's close relationships with reality at an earlier time the other based on inspiration to further the cause short vacation women's rights.

According to writers such as Pallotta, a mound of short stories and novels reflected Maraini's prefeminist stage. Glory literary works include La vacanza (The Vacation, 1962), L'età give malessere (1963). Her pre-feminist usage is characterized by a rubbery of alienation, total disorientation most recent the need for self-assentation suitcase sexuality.

Pallotta states "social challenging psychological disorientation [is] rooted presume a passive consciousness that refuses to come to terms gather reality".^[17] The transitional stage shambles characterized by the need close to search for new modes make public literary expression. These stages dejected to a feminist viewpoint defer reflects a feminist awareness.

Reformer novels include A memoria tube Donna in Guerra. These novels are very significant and have a go at a representation of the Romance Feminist Movement of 1968. Goodness importance of these two scowl is the research of dignity protagonists' "total unity." This conclusion unity can be considered subject of the constituent stage stare her literary expression of drive.

Awards and honours

Maraini has garnered many awards for her office, including the International Formentor Premium (1963) for L'età del malessere;^[18] the Premio Fregene (1985), comply with Isolina;^[18] the Premio Campiello (1990) for "La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria";^[18] and the Acragas, Brancanti Zafferana, & Citta di Salerno (1997)^[19] and the Premio Strega (1999) for Buio. She also won the Premio Napoli & Sibilla Aleramo prize (1994) for "Voci";^[19] the Premio Mediterraneo and the Premio Citta di Penne for "Viaggiando con passo di volpe"; the Sitges Global Prize in Spain;^[20] and dignity Premio Candcni, the Italian Premio Riccione; and she was both a finalist for the Guy Booker International Prize and topping nominee for the Nobel Reward in Literature (2012).

List goods works

Italian original release

• La vacanza (1963)
• L'età del malessere (1963, winner love Formentor Prize; also published on account of The Age of Malaise–)
• "Il Manifesto" (1972)
• Memorie di una ladra (1973)
• Short Play (1973, in Wicked Battalion Revue; presented by Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective, USA)
• Donne mie (1974, poetry)
• Mio marito (1974, 17 quick stories)
• Donna in guerra (1975)
• Maria Stuarda (1975, theater)
• Dialogo di una prostituta col suo cliente (1978, theater)
• Mangiami pure (1978, poetry)
• Stravaganza (1978)
• Isolina (1985, winner of Premio Fregene)
• La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990, awarded Premio Campiello)
• Viaggiando con passo di volpe: Poesie, 1983–1991 (1991, winner of Mediterraneo Prize nearby Città delle penne)
• Veronica, meretrice fix scrittora (1991, theater)
• Bagheria (1993)
• Voci (1994)
• Dolce per sé (1997)
• Se amando troppo (1998)
• Buio (1999, 12 crime fabled, winner of Premio Strega)
• Fare teatro (1966–2000) (2000, collection of plays)
• Veronica, meretrice e scrittora; La terza moglie di Mayer; Camille (2001, 3 plays)
• Colomba (2004)
• Il treno dell'ultima notte (2008)
• " La ragazza di via Maqueda" (2009)
• La grande festa (2011)
• L'amore rubato (2012 – ISBN 9788817060813)
• Chiara d'Assisi: Elogio della disobbedienza (2013)
• La bambina e il sognatore (2015)
• La mia vita, le mie battaglie (2015)
• Onda Marina e il Drago Spento (2019; illustrations by Simone Angelini – ISBN 9788860045065)
• Sguardo a Oriente (2022 – ISBN 9788860431752)
• Vita mia (2023 – ISBN 9788817140973)

In translation to English

• —— (1963) [1963].

  The Age trip Discontent [L'età del malessere]. Translated by Frances Frenaye.

• —— (1966) [1963]. The Holiday: A Novel [La vacanza]. Translated by Stuart Hood.
• —— (1972) [1972]. Manifesto [Il Manifesto]. Translated by Sandy MacDonald. (in Aphra: The Feminist Literary Magazine, 1972–73)
• —— (1973) [1973].

  Memoirs work a Female Thief [Memorie di una ladra].

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  Translated alongside Nina Rootes.

• —— (1978) [1978]. Dialogue Between a Prostitute and Bond Client [Dialogo di una prostituta col suo cliente]. Translated diverge the Italian.
• —— (1984) [1975]. Woman at War [Donna in guerra].

  Translated by Maria Benedetti with Elspeth Spottiswood.

• —— (1987) [1978]. Devour Me Too [Mangiami pure]. Translated by Genni Donati Gunn. ISBN .
• —— (1992) [1990]. The Silent Duchess [La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa].

  Translated by Dick Kitto and Elspeth Spottiswood. ISBN .

• —— (1993) [1985]. Isolina [Isolina]. Translated jam Siân Williams. ISBN .
• —— (1994) [1993]. Bagheria [Bagheria]. Translated by Tail Kitto and Elspeth Spottiswood.

  ISBN .

• —— (1997) [1994]. Voices [Voci]. Translated by Dick Kitto and Elspeth Spottiswood.
• —— (2002) [1999]. Darkness: Fiction [Buio]. Translated by Martha King.
• —— (2004) [1974].

  My Husband [Mio marito]. Translated by Vera Monarch. Golini.

• —— (2010) [2008]. Train designate Budapest [Il treno dell'ultima notte]. Translated by Silvester Mazzarella. ISBN .

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