Anna Maria Ortese
Anna Maria Ortese (; June 13, 1914 – March 9, 1998) was an
Italian author of
novels,
short stories,
poetry, and
travel writing. Born in
Rome, she grew up between
southern Italy and
Tripoli, with her formal education ending at age thirteen. Her first book, , was issued in 1937. In 1953 her third collection, }}, won the coveted
Viareggio Prize; thereafter, Ortese's stories, novels, and journalism received many of the most distinguished Italian literary awards, including the
Strega and the Fiuggi. Although she lived for many years in
Naples following the
Second World War, she also resided in
Milan, in Rome, and for most of the last twenty years of her life in
Rapallo. , Ortese’s best-known work in English translation, was published in 1987 as ''The Iguana'' by the American literary press McPherson & Company. , what she considered as her most important work, the novel (1975), had not been translated into English yet.
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