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Anna Russo
Anna Russo is an Italian writer. She was born in Naples, and her debut as a writer partly came about after she received a major literary prize for travel writing: ''The Next Generation''. As a result of the grant she lived for twelve years in southern France where she became close to the gypsies, particularly two of the "grand" families of Reyes and Baliardo. From this research and collaboration, she wrote two important books, ''Gitani si nasce e si diventa'' (We Are Born and We Become Gypsies) and ''El Cante Flamenco'' (The Flamenco Song), which received support from the Spanish Consulate in Italy and by the Cervantes Cultural Institute. Her meeting with the publisher Salani (publisher), Salani generated another book, ''La bambina Babilonia'' (The Girl Babilonia), which received great success and was awarded numerous prizes. Following this success, she signed with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Einaudi Ragazzi, one of the most respected publishers in Italy. In 2006 she published ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Russo
Anna Russo is an Italian writer. She was born in Naples, and her debut as a writer partly came about after she received a major literary prize for travel writing: ''The Next Generation''. As a result of the grant she lived for twelve years in southern France where she became close to the gypsies, particularly two of the "grand" families of Reyes and Baliardo. From this research and collaboration, she wrote two important books, ''Gitani si nasce e si diventa'' (We Are Born and We Become Gypsies) and ''El Cante Flamenco'' (The Flamenco Song), which received support from the Spanish Consulate in Italy and by the Cervantes Cultural Institute. Her meeting with the publisher Salani (publisher), Salani generated another book, ''La bambina Babilonia'' (The Girl Babilonia), which received great success and was awarded numerous prizes. Following this success, she signed with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Einaudi Ragazzi, one of the most respected publishers in Italy. In 2006 she published ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
