Ester Rota Gasperoni
Ester Rota Gasperoni (born 1935 in Vigevano , Italy ) is an Italian author of children's and youth literature .
Her father was an anti-fascist and had to hide from the Italian fascists in northern Italy at the end of World War II. She first emigrated with her family to Ecuador and later moved to the United States to study at Wellesley College and Columbia University . She led a restless wandering life that took her back to Italy, India and France , where she finally settled permanently in 1977. After first writing articles and short stories in English and Italian, she wrote her first novel, Orage sur le lac, in French in 1995 and kept that language in her other novels. For her work she received several youth literature awards in France.
Ester Rota Gasperoni's brother is the mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota , she has two children and five grandchildren.
Publications
- Orage sur le lac . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1995, ISBN 221103134X
- L'arbre de Capuliès . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1996, ISBN 2840572206
- L'année américaine . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1997, ISBN 2211043852
- La porte d'en face . Actes Sud junior, Arles 2002, ISBN 2742737464 . Illustrated by Olivier Latyk
- Pas de blagues chez les espions . Actes Sud junior, Arles 2004, ISBN 2742748857 . Illustrated by Nicolas Hubesch
- Le pistomaure . Actes Sud junior, Arles 2003, ISBN 2742742875 . Illustrated by Mérel.
- English: My little pistosaur . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3551553386 . Translated by Maja von Vogel , illustrated by Philip Waechter
- Orage sur le lac . Actes Sud junior, Arles 2006, ISBN 274275850X . New version of the first novel
Web links
- Biography at L'école des loisirs (French)
- Biography at Actes Sud (French)
- Carlsen biography
Remarks
- ↑ The family's escape is reported in Orage sur le lac and L'arbre des Capulies .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasperoni, Ester Rota |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian children's author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vigevano , Italy |