Melania Mazzucco

Melania Mazzucco (2012)

Melania Gaia Mazzucco (born October 6, 1966 in Rome ) is an Italian writer .

Life

After studying at the Film School in Rome, she wrote novels , plays and screenplays. She was awarded the Premio Strega 2003 for the novel Vita (German: life ).

Melania G. Mazzucco published the novel Tintorettos Engel ( La lunga attesa dell'angelo in Italian ) in 2008, which focuses on the relationship between the Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto and his daughter Marietta . Her award-winning biography Jacomo Tintoretto & i suoi figli: Storia di una famiglia veneziana was published a year later , where, after more than ten years of research, she comes up with some hitherto unknown facts about Tintoretto and his family.

Works

Il bacio della Medusa. Baldini & Castoldi, Milan 1996
- German: The kiss of Medusa. Novel. Piper, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-492-03921-9
La camera di Baltus. Baldini & Castoldi, Milan 1998
- German: The tower room. Novel. Piper, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-492-04141-8
Lei so amata. Rizzoli, Milan 2000 - biographical novel about Annemarie Schwarzenbach
- German: The so beloved. Novel. Piper, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-04301-1
Vita. Rizzoli, Milan 2003 - awarded the Premio Strega 2003
- German: Vita. Novel. Knaus, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-8135-0244-9
Un giorno perfetto. Rizzoli, Milan 2005
Un giorno da cani. Narrative. Corriere della Sera (Corti di Carta), Milan 2007
La Lunga Attesa dell 'Angelo. Rizzoli, Milan 2008
- German: Tintoretto's angel. Novel. Knaus, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8135-0358-6
Jacomo Tintoretto & i suoi figli: Storia di una famiglia veneziana. Rizzoli, Milan 2009
Il Museo del Mondo. Einaudi, Turin 2014
L'architettrice. Einaudi, Turin 2019

Web links

Literature by and about Melania Mazzucco in the catalog of the German National Library .
Andreas Rossmann : Italian successful novel: L'Architettrice. In: FAZ.net . May 4, 2020 ("'L'Architettrice', the new novel by Melania Mazzucco, is one of the books of the season in Italy. It celebrates Plautilla Bricci").

Individual evidence

^ Luigia Sorrentino: Melania Gaia Mazzucco. In: poesia.blog.rainews.it. October 6, 2011, accessed May 5, 2020 (Italian).
↑ Thomas Migge : Women in Baroque Rome - The only master builder of the Italian Baroque. In: SRF.ch . December 13, 2019, accessed on May 5, 2020 ("Women were allowed to help on construction sites. But master was only one: Plautilla Briccio. Portrait of a great stranger").

personal data
SURNAME	Mazzucco, Melania
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mazzucco, Melania Gaia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome

[1] Luigia Sorrentino: Melania Gaia Mazzucco. In: poesia.blog.rainews.it. October 6, 2011, accessed May 5, 2020 (Italian).

[2] Thomas Migge : Women in Baroque Rome - The only master builder of the Italian Baroque. In: SRF.ch . December 13, 2019, accessed on May 5, 2020 ("Women were allowed to help on construction sites. But master was only one: Plautilla Briccio. Portrait of a great stranger").