Grazia Deledda

Also known as Ilia di Saint-Ismael, Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

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Grazia Deledda, born Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda in 1871 in Nuoro, was a writer, poet, novelist, and playwright from the Kingdom of Italy. She wrote in Sardinian, Italian, and French and was educated through homeschooling. Her notable works include the novels *Canne al vento* and *Elias Portolu*, as well as *Le tentazioni*, *Il vecchio e i fanciulli*, *Annalena Bilsini*, and *Il vecchio della montagna*. She also used the pseudonyms Ilia di Saint-Ismael, Ilia di Sant'Ismael, and Aman della Rupe.

Deledda received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her name appears in the Nobel Literature collection, and she was described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. She died of breast cancer in Rome on August 15, 1936, and is buried at Campo Verano. Her name in her native language is Grassia Deledda.

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Born: 1871
Died: 1936
Works: 626

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Canne al vento
Le tentazioni
Il vecchio e i fanciulli
Annalena Bilsini
Il vecchio della montagna

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1926
“for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general”

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Instance of: human
Given name: Grazia
Family name: Deledda
Gender: female
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: Nuoro
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: short story writer
Educated at: homeschooling
Languages spoken: French
Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
Genre: drama
Image: Grazia Deledda - Ritratto.jpg
Number of children: 2
Residence: Rome

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topic's main category: Category:Grazia Deledda
Commons category: Grazia Deledda
date of birth: 1871-11-11
date of death: 1936-08-16
Commons Creator page: Grazia Deledda
birth name: Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language: Grassia Deledda
place of burial: Campo Verano
cause of death: breast cancer
pseudonym: Aman della Rupe
writing language: Italian
ethnic group: Sardinians
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1891-00-00
end of work period: 1936-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda ( Italian: [ˈɡrattsja deˈlɛdda]; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda [ˈɡɾa(t)si.a ðɛˈlɛɖːa]; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e. Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general". She was the first Italian woman to receive the prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.

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