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Edition 54 (1983) Winner
Benedetta Craveri
ベネデッタ・クラヴェーリ
Benedetta Kuraveri
Aliases:
Adele Benedetta Craveri
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942-09-23 （Rome）
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, English
- Residence History
- Rome → Viterbo → Naples → Brussels
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, academic, writer
- Active Years
- 1969-
- Affiliations
- Tuscia University, Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Memberships
- Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Influenced By
- Raimondo Craveri, Benedetto Croce, Elena Croce
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapienza University of Rome | — | Literature | — | — | Italy |
Sapienza University of Rome
Literature
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca | — | — | Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca | 受賞 |
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
2017
Organization:
Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Bagutta Prize
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Madame du Deffand and Her World
1982 BiographyA biography of Madame du Deffand and her world.
EnlightenmentSalon culture
Translations
- Translated into English by Teresa Waugh
Bibliography
- Madame du Deffand e il suo mondo (1982)
- Vita privata del maresciallo di Richelieu (1989)
- La civiltà della conversazione (2001)
- Amanti e regine. Il potere delle donne (2005)
- Maria Antonietta e lo scandalo della collana (2006)
- The Last Libertines (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- The subtlety of a novelist and the precision of a scholar
- Recurring Motifs
- 18th-century French aristocracyRole of women
Legacy
Recognized for work constituting a message of modern humanism in scientific or literary form.
Trivia
- Granddaughter of philosopher Benedetto Croce.
- First married to critic Masolino D'Amico, with whom she had two daughters.
- Later married French diplomat Benoît d'Aboville.