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Maria Bellonci

マリア・ベッロンシ

Maria Bellonchi

Aliases: Maria Villavecchia Bellonci

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1902-11-30 (Rome)
Died
1986-05-13 (Rome) age 83
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Rome

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, journalist
Active Years
1939-1986
Affiliations
Premio Strega

Education

Liceo Umberto
Classics
Period: 1913-1921
Year of Graduation: 1921
Country: Italy
High school equivalent

Awards

Viareggio Prize
1939
Work: Lucrezia Borgia. La sua vita e i suoi tempi
Result: 受賞
Premio San Gerolamo
1979
Work: Literary oeuvre
Result: 受賞
Strega Prize
1986
Work: Rinascimento privato
Organization: Strega Prize committee
Result: 死後受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lucrezia Borgia. La sua vita e i suoi tempi

1939 Biography

Biography of Lucrezia Borgia based on primary documents.

RenaissanceWomen and power
Translations
  • Translated into twelve languages

Bibliography

  • Lucrezia Borgia. La sua vita e i suoi tempi (1939)
  • Segreti dei Gonzaga (1947)
  • Milano Viscontea (1956)
  • Pubblici segreti (1965)
  • Come un racconto. Gli anni del Premio Strega (1969)
  • Tu vipera gentile (1972)
  • Marco Polo (1982)
  • Rinascimento privato (1985)
  • Io e il Premio Strega (1987)
  • Segni sul muro (1988)
  • Pubblici segreti n. 2 (1989)
  • Il Premio Strega (1995)
  • Gente in castello (2007)

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Stendhal, Dumas, Zola

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Based on detailed archival researchRich psychological portraitsBlend of historical fact and novelistic technique
Recurring Motifs
Renaissance womenPower dynamicsBorgias, Estes, Gonzagas, Sforzas

Legacy

Renowned Italian historical novelist, co-founder of the Strega Prize, known for works on Renaissance women.

Trivia

  • Co-founded the Strega Prize with husband Goffredo Bellonci
  • Hosted post-war literary salon 'Amici della domenica'