Melania Mazzucco
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
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Il bacio della Medusa. Baldini & Castoldi, Milan 1996
- German: The kiss of Medusa. Novel. Piper, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-492-03921-9
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La camera di Baltus. Baldini & Castoldi, Milan 1998
- German: The tower room. Novel. Piper, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-492-04141-8
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Lei so amata. Rizzoli, Milan 2000 - biographical novel about Annemarie Schwarzenbach
- German: The so beloved. Novel. Piper, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-04301-1
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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
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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 | |
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SURNAME | Mazzucco, Melania |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mazzucco, Melania Gaia (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |