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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.
Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer. She is the daughter of Sicilian Princess Topazia Alliata di Salaparuta, an artist and art dealer, and of Fosco Maraini, a Florentine ethnologist and mountaineer of mixed Ticinese, English and Polish background who wrote in particular on Tibet and Japan.
Feb 21, 2017 · Learn about Dacia Maraini, a renowned novelist, essayist, playwright, and social activist, in an interview with Words Without Borders. She discusses her writing process, her interest in history and women's voices, and her experience with translation.
Mar 28, 2008 · The Italian writer Dacia Maraini talks about her novel Colomba, a mystery set in an imaginary town in Abruzzo, where she spends her holidays. She reflects on the themes of disappearance, feminism, and the marginality of women in Italian history.
Among her translated works are: Memorie di una ladra (1973); Donna in guerra (1975); Lettere a Marina (1980); Il treno per Helsinki (1984), a quasi-autobiographical novel which reconstructs the failure of the 1960s movements; Isolina (1985); La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); Viaggiando con passo di volpe.
Dacia Maraini is a well-known Italian writer whose work focuses on women's issues. The author of numerous plays, poetry collections, and novels, she is the recipient of many awards, most recently the Premio Strega for Buio (1999), and in April 2011 she was named a finalist for the fourth Man Booker International Prize .
Dacia Maraini (b. 1936) has established herself as a leading contemporary novelist, poet, dramatist, and journalist. She founded an all-female theater company, is the editor of Nuovi Argomenti, Italy’s premier literary journal, and is recognized among the foremost Italian writers.
