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Dacia Maraini

1936 - Today

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Dacia Maraini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdaːtʃa maraˈiːni]; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and the Premio Strega for Buio (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dacia Maraini is the 2,255th most popular writer (down from 2,198th in 2019), the 2,207th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,159th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dacia Maraini ranks 2,255 out of 7,302. Before her are Uri Avnery, Benjamin Péret, Giuseppe Giacosa, Fred Uhlman, Zbigniew Herbert, and Ilse Aichinger. After her are Sebastian Haffner, Giovanni Botero, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Krishna Sobti, Abraham Sutzkever, and Francesc Eiximenis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dacia Maraini ranks 170. Before her are Philippe Sollers, Shirley Knight, Adem Demaçi, Frederic Forrest, Amr Moussa, and Hans van den Broek. After her are Jacques Mesrine, Ken Mattingly, Frank Serpico, Frankétienne, Savitri, and Eliahu Inbal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dacia Maraini ranks 2,207 out of 5,161. Before her are Alberto Lattuada (1914), Adriana Asti (1931), Orso Ipato (726), Servius Sulpicius Galba (-190), Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), and Nepotianus (400). After her are Amadeo Bordiga (1889), Matteo Renzi (1975), Vincenzo Montella (1974), Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225), Giovanni Spadolini (1925), and Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Dacia Maraini ranks 149. Before her are Caecilius Statius (-230), Luigi Pulci (1432), Cesare Zavattini (1902), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Frédéric Ozanam (1813), and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847). After her are Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Duris of Samos (-340), Corax of Syracuse (-500), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Nigidius Figulus (-98), and Lucilius Junior (6).

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