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Natalia Ginzburg ( Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈɡintsburɡ], German: [ˈɡɪntsbʊʁk]; née Levi; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Natalia Ginzburg (born July 14, 1916, Palermo, Italy—died Oct. 7, 1991, Rome) was an Italian author who dealt unsentimentally with family relationships in her writings. Ginzburg was the widow of the Italian literary figure and patriot Leone Ginzburg, who operated a publishing house for a time, was arrested for antifascist activities, and died ...
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Jul 22, 2019 · July 22, 2019. Her life scarred by loss, Ginzburg produced novels with a unique emotional atmosphere, poignant yet unsentimental. Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro; photograph by Vittoriano ...
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Jun 27, 2018 · Italian novelist, essayist, playwright, and translator, Natalia Ginzburg (née Levi; 1916-1991) was famous for her portraits of family life and for her spare style. Natalia Ginzburg was born in Palermo in 1916, the daughter of Guiseppe Levi, a prominent anatomy professor. She grew up in Turin where she married the translator and anti-Fascist ...
Jun 20, 2019 · Natalia Ginzburg is the last woman left on earth. The rest are all men—even the female forms that can be seen moving about belong, ultimately, to this man’s world. A world where men make the decisions, the choices, take action. Ginzburg, or rather the disillusioned heroines who stand in for her, is alone, on the outside.
She was born Natalia Levi in Palermo on July 14, 1916, to an academic family of mixed religious heritage. Her father Giuseppe Levi was a member of a Jewish family that traced its origins to the city of Trieste. Her mother Lidia Tanzi Levi was a Roman Catholic. Natalia was the second daughter and the fifth and last child in the family.
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Jun 22, 2017 · In 1942, Natalia Ginzburg’s first novel, “The Road to the City,” was published by Einaudi, under a pseudonym. After the fall of Mussolini, in 1943, Leone returned to Rome, and Natalia stayed ...