Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda
Deledda in 1926
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an Italian writer. She was the first Italian woman to receive the Nobel prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in literature (1926)
"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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Born
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda 27 September 1871 Nuoro, Italy
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Died
15 August 1936 (aged 64) Rome, Italy
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Occupation
Writer, novelist
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adultbasic
Italy
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Children
Sardus Madesani (1901–1938) Francesco Madesani (1904–1981)
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era
1800+
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Literary movement
Realism, Decadence
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Native name
Gràssia Deledda Gràtzia Deledda
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Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature 1926
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Spouse
Palmiro Madesani ​ ( m. 1900) ​

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