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Grazia Deledda
Italian writer (1871-1936)
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Deledda in 1926 | |
Native name | Gràssia Deledda |
Born | Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (1871-09-27)27 September 1871 Nuoro, Sardinia, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 15 August 1936(1936-08-15) (aged 64) Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy |
Occupation | Writer, novelist |
Literary movement | Realism, Decadence |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 |
Spouse | Palmiro Madesani (m. 1900) |
Children | Sardus Madesani (1901–1938) Francesco Madesani (1904–1981) |
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (Italian:[ˈɡrattsjadeˈlɛdda]; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda[1][2][ˈɡɾa(t)si.aðɛˈlɛɖːa]; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926[3] "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her