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Bianca Pitzorno (; born 12 August 1942) is an Italian writer best known for her books for children and young adults. She is considered one of Italy's most important authors in that field. She was born in Sassari. She studied archaeology and classical literature and then began a career producing programs for television. She began writing books for girls when she was 28. She also writes plays, screenplays and lyrics for songs. Pitzorno lives and works in Milan. During the 1970s, she was head of children's programming for RAI television. Later, she worked on the children's television series ' ("The blue tree"). Her books have been translated into many languages including French, German, Spanish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Korean and Japanese. Her children's stories blend contemporary reality with elements of magic. She has translated into Italian works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Sylvia Plath, David Grossman, Tove Jansson and Soledad Cruz Guerra. Pitzorno is a UNICEF Good ...
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Bianca Pitzorno Premio Chiara 2021
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian language, Italian cognate of Blanche (given name), Blanche. Variants * Blanche (given name), Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian language, Italian * Bianka (Polish language, Polish, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Slovak language, Slovak, German language, German, English language, English, French language, French, Icelandic language, Icelandic, Finnish language, Finnish, Dutch language, Dutch, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Corsican language, Corsican, Romanian language, Romanian, Spanish language, Spanish, Greek language, Greek, Czech language, Czech) * Blanca (given name), Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) People Medieval period :''In chronological order'' *Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble *Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage *Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan *Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilia ...
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