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Fleur Jaeggy
Fleur Jaeggy (born 31 July 1940) is a Swiss author who writes in Italian. ''The'' ''Times Literary Supplement'' named ''Proleterka'' as a Best Book of the Year upon its US publication, and her ''Sweet Days of Discipline'' won the Premio Bagutta and the Premio Speciale Rapallo. As of 2021, six of her books have been translated into English. Life She was born in Zürich. After completing her studies in Switzerland, Jaeggy went to live in Rome, where she met Ingeborg Bachmann and Thomas Bernhard. In 1968 she went to Milan to work for the publisher ''Adelphi Edizioni'' and married Roberto Calasso. Her first masterpiece was the novel ''I beati anni del castigo'' (1989). The ''Times Literary Supplement'' designated her novel ''Proleterka'' the best book of 2003. She is also a translator into Italian of Marcel Schwob and Thomas de Quincey. She worked with the Italian musician Franco Battiato, under the pseudonym of Carlotta Wieck. Selected bibliography Fiction *''Il dito in bocca ...
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Thomas De Quincey
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his ''Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'' (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Life and work Child and student Thomas Penson De Quincey was born at 86 Cross Street, Manchester, Lancashire. His father, a successful merchant with an interest in literature, died when De Quincey was quite young. Soon after his birth, the family went to ''The Farm'' and then later to Greenheys, a larger country house in Chorlton-on-Medlock near Manchester. In 1796, three years after the death of his father, Thomas Quincey, his mother – the erstwhile Elizabeth Penson – took the name "De Quincey".Morrison, Robert. "Thomas De Quincey: Chronology" TDQ Homepage. Kingston: Queen's University, 2013. That same year, De Quincey's mother moved to Bath and enrolled him at King E ...
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Italian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers (including poets) who were born in Italy or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A * Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet, letter writer * Milena Agus (born 1959), novelist * Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960), poet, autobiographer, feminist writer * Gabriella Ambrosio (born 1954), novelist, essayist, journalist * Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), playwright, poet, actress * Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556), writer, philosopher, courtesan * Antonia Arslan (born 1938), novelist, critic, translator, educator * Devorà Ascarelli (c. 16th century), poet and translator * Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (died 1560), poet * Elisa S. Amore (born 1984), novelist B * Ida Baccini (1850–1911), children's writer * Emma Baeri (born 1942), feminist historian, political scientist * Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837), poet, dancer * Anna Banti (1895–1985), historical novelist, critic, autobiographer * Barbara Baraldi, thriller novelist * Gi ...
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1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ...
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And Other Stories
And Other Stories is an independent British book publisher founded in 2009, notable for being the first UK publisher of literary fiction to make direct, advance subscriptions a major part of its business model as well as for its use of foreign language reading groups to choose the books that it publishes. The company originally operated from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, but is now based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. In 2012, it was nominated for the Newcomer of the Year award by the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG). History And Other Stories was founded in 2009 by Stefan Tobler. And Other Stories first came to the public's attention when its first book, ''Down the Rabbit Hole'' by Juan Pablo Villalobos (translated by Rosalind Harvey), was chosen by the public to be one of the 10 titles longlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award. It went on to make the shortlist and has also been shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Deborah Levy's '' Swimming Hom ...
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New Directions Publishing
New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City. History New Directions was born in 1936 of Ezra Pound's advice to the young James Laughlin, then a Harvard University sophomore, to "do something useful" after finishing his studies at Harvard. The first projects to come out of New Directions were anthologies of new writing, each titled ''New Directions in Poetry and Prose'' (until 1966's ''NDPP 19''). Early writers incorporated in these anthologies include Dylan Thomas, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, Thomas Merton, Denise Levertov, James Agee, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. New Directions later broadened their focus to include writing of all genres, representing not only American writing, but also a considerable amount of literature in translation from modernist authors around the world. New Directions also published the ea ...
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Adelphi Edizioni
Adelphi Edizioni is a publishing house in Milan, Italy that specializes in works of fiction, philosophy and science and in classics translated into Italian. History Adelphi Edizioni S.p.A. was founded in 1962 by Luciano Foà and Roberto Olivetti. It has published works by several famous Italian and international authors and a literary magazine called ''Adelphiana''. Roberto Calasso worked at Adelphi Edizioni since 1962. He became the majority owner of Adelphi circa 2015. Adephi started by publishing a critical edition of Nietzsche in collaboration with Éditions Gallimard and Walter de Gruyter that the established Italian publisher Giulio Einaudi editore had declined to take on. Adelphi has been associated with promoting Middle-European culture from the 1970s onwards Stefano Paol''L'Italia ignorava l' Oriente, lo scoprimmo noi'' interview with Roberto Calasso, in ''Corriere della Sera'', May 3rd, 2010, p.31Paolo Di Stefano (2010) ''Potresti anche dirmi grazie'p.86-7/ref> and pub ...
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Franco Battiato
Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, opera, symphonic music, movie soundtrack, oratorio and new wave. He was for decades one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy. His unique sound, song-crafting and especially his lyrics, often containing philosophical, religious, and culturally exotic references, as well as tackling or painting universal themes about the human condition earned him a unique spot on Italy's music scene, and the nickname of " Il Maestro" His work includes songwriting and joint production efforts with several Italian and international musicians and pop singers, including the long-lasting professional relationship with Italian singer Alice. Together with Alice, Batt ...
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Marcel Schwob
Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. He was extremely well known and respected during his life and notably befriended a great number of intellectuals and artists of the time. Early life (1867–89) He was born in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine on 23 August 1867 into a cultivated Jewish family. His father, George Schwob, was a friend of Théodore de Banville and Théophile Gautier. His mother, Mathilde Cahun, came from a family of intellectuals from Alsace. He was the brother of Maurice Schwob and uncle of Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob). His family had just re ...
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