Grazia Livi (19 March 1930 – 18 January 2015) was an Italian author and journalist.[1]
Career edit
Born in Florence, Livi got a degree in Romance studies with Gianfranco Contini, then in 1958 she wrote her first novel, Gli scapoli di Londra (The London Bachelors).[2]
In the sixties she started her career as a journalist working for several newspapers and magazines, notably La Nazione, Epoca and L'Europeo.[3]
She decided to leave journalism to devote herself to writing, as a novelist and an essayist.[3] In 1991 she won the Essays Section of the Viareggio Prize with the book Le lettere del mio nome ("The letters of my name"), while in 1994 she was a finalist at the Strega Prize with Vincoli segreti ("Secret Constraints"), a collection of short stories .[3]
References edit
- ^ "Women's Bookshop – Padua" (in Italian). Lìbrati Libreria delle donne di Padova. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Grazia Livi: "la mia vita è una storia di parole pensate"". Mente Locale. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Letteratura, morta a Milano la scrittrice e saggista Grazia Livi". Libero. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
