Literature · 1871–1936
Born: 27 September 1871 · Died: 15 August 1936 · Age at death: 64
Grazia Deledda died aged 64. She was born on 27 September 1871 and died on 15 August 1936.
Sardinian novelist of Canne al vento and the first Italian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1926
Did you know?She only completed primary school education before being tutored at home by a relative due to local traditions.
Grazia Deledda brought the island of Sardinia into world literature. She left school after only a few years but educated herself. Her novels show proud peasants, shepherds and families bound by tradition and sin. Elias Portolu and Reeds in the Wind are among her best works. She moved to Rome after marrying. In 1926 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was the first Italian woman to receive it.
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (Italian:; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth…
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Italian novelist, 1871–1936
Grazia Deledda was born in Nuoro, Sardinia, on 27 September 1871.
She moved to Rome in 1900.
Reeds in the Wind appeared in 1913.
She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926.
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Did you know?Her autobiographical novel Cosima was published after her death.
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