Luisa Adorno, pseudonym of Mila Curradi (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2021) was an Italian writer and teacher.[1]
Luisa Adorno | |
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| Born | Mila Curradi 2 August 1921 |
| Died | 12 July 2021 (aged 99) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Awards | Premio Alpi Apuane Premio Prato-Europa Premio nazionale letterario Pisa Viareggio Prize Premio Vittorini |
Biography
editAdorno spent her career as a secondary school teacher. She collaborated with the magazines Il Mondo, Paragone, L'Indice dei libri del mese, Abitare, and Italianieuropei. In 2005, she was a judge for the Premio Brancati.
In 1963, Adorno was awarded the Premio Alpi Apuane. In 1985, she was given the Premio Prato-Europa and the Premio nazionale letterario Pisa for Le dorate stanze.[3 Italian] In 1990, she won the Viareggio Prize for Arco di luminara.[2] In 1999, a collection of her works was housed in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, where it remains to this day.[3] That same year, she was awarded the Premio Vittorini for Sebben che siamo donne.[4] In 2001, she became a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Luisa Adorno died in Rome on 12 July 2021 at the age of 99.[5]
Distinctions
edit- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2001)[6]
Works
edit- L'ultima provincia (1983)
- Le dorate stanze (1985)
- Arco di luminara (1990)
- La libertà ha un cappello a cilindro (1993)
- Come a un ballo in maschera (1995)
- Sebben che siamo donne (1999)
- Foglia d'acero (2001)
- Tutti qui con me (2008)
- Italia mia (2010)
References
edit- ^ Constanzo, Mauricio (14 July 2021). "Cultura in lutto: è morta la scrittrice toscana Luisa Adorno". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci". Viareggio Rèpaci (in Italian).
- ^ "Adorno Luisa". Archivio per la memoria e la scrittura delle donne (in Italian).
- ^ "Albo d'Oro". Premio Letterario Elio Vittorini (in Italian).
- ^ Merlo, Francesco (18 July 2021). "Luisa Adorno, evviva la Sicilia oltre ogni stereotipo". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Comunicato". Presidenza della Repubblica (in Italian). 1 June 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.