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Dacia Maraini is an Italian poet, film director, screenwriter, and writer. Born in Fiesole on November 13, 1936, she holds Italian citizenship and works primarily in Rome. Her native language is Italian, which she also uses for writing. She is the daughter of Fosco Maraini and Topazia Alliata.
Maraini has received several awards, including the Strega Prize, the Prix Formentor, the Napoli Prize, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Her notable works include *Il diritto di morire*, *Una rivoluzione gentile*, *Heräämisen aika*, *Processo a Madame Bovary*, and *La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa*. She was previously in an unmarried partnership with Alberto Moravia.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 187
Top works
- Il diritto di morire
- Una rivoluzione gentile
- Heräämisen aika
- Processo a Madame Bovary
- La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Fiesole, Firenze, Italy
Dacia Maraini (born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels.
Known for
- Womeness — Self2025
- Dacia, vita mia - Dialoghi giapponesi — Self2025
- Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra — Self2025
- 1968 The Braibanti Trial — Self2020
- Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani2020
- Lievito madre – Le ragazze del secolo scorso2017
- Haiku On A Plum Tree — Herself2017
- The Isle of Medea — Self2016
- The Isle of Medea2016
- Pasolini maestro corsaro2015
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Dacia Maraini , ( 1936-11-13 ) November 13, 1936 (age 89) , Fiesole , Florence , Italy
- Occupation
- Novelist playwright poet orator
- Education
- Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata , Florence
- Period
- 1961–present
- Literary movement
- Anti-fascism feminism confessional writing
- Notable works
- La vacanza (The Vacation), L'età del malessere (The Age of Malaise), Donna in guerra (Woman at War), Buio
- Notable awards
- Formentor Prize , 1962 L'età del malessere , Premio Fregene , 1985 Isolina , Premio Strega , 1999 Buio
- Partner
- Alberto Moravia (1962–1983)
- Relatives
- Topazia Alliata (mother) Fosco Maraini (father)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Fiesole
- Father
- Fosco Maraini
- Mother
- Topazia Alliata
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Dacia Maraini - Buch Wien 2025.JPG
- Work location
- Rome
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1936-11-13
- unmarried partner
- Alberto Moravia
- Commons category
- Dacia Maraini
- writing language
- Italian
- P12674
- Valery Chudinov
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Dacia Maraini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life and career
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