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Maria Luisa Spaziani

マリア・ルイザ・スパツィアーニ

Maria Luisa Spaziani

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1923-06-21 （Turin）
Died
2014-06-30 （Rome） age 91
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian, French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Turin → Rome → Messina

Career

Occupations
Poet, Theater writer, Translator
Active Years
1954-2014
Affiliations
Centro Internazionale Eugenio Montale
Influenced By
Eugenio Montale
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature 1990, Nobel Prize in Literature 1992, Nobel Prize in Literature 1997

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le acque del sabato

1954 Poetry

Her first book of poetry.

NatureMemory

Luna lombarda

1959 Poetry

Poetry collection.

Bibliography

  • Le acque del sabato (1954)
  • Luna lombarda (1959)
  • Il gong (1962)
  • Utilità della memoria (1966)
  • L’occhio del ciclone (1970)
  • Ultrasuoni (1976)
  • Transito con catene (1977)
  • Geometria del disordine (1981)
  • La stella del libero arbitrio (1986)
  • Giovanna d'Arco (1990)
  • Torri di vedata (1992)
  • I fasti dell’ortica (1996)
  • La traversata dell'oasi (1998)
  • La radice del mare (1999)
  • Un fresco castagneto (1999)
  • La freccia (2000)
  • Poesie dalla mano sinistra (2002)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Vivid and immediate sense of the natural worldRich appreciation of literary culture and traditionSensitive and controlled voice
Recurring Motifs
NatureLiterary tradition

Legacy

Prominent Italian poet, nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and president of the Centro Internazionale Eugenio Montale.

In Popular Culture

  • Model for 'la Volpe' (the Fox) in Eugenio Montale's poetry

Trivia

  • Founded the review Il dado at age 19
  • Had a romantic relationship with Eugenio Montale, who was influenced by her
  • Received a letter from Virginia Woolf