Brunella Gasperini, pen name of Bianca Robecchi (

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, 22 December 1918 – Milan, 7 January 1979) was an Italian

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and

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Biography

She spent most of her life between Milan, her birthplace, and San Mamete, a small hamlet in

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, on

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. After a short experience as a teacher in the immediate post-war period, she started writing for the newspaper ''Il

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'' and many Rizzoli magazines in the early 1950s, distinguishing herself for her modern and progressive point of view on the problems that would dominate Italian society in the following years. Her column ''Ditelo a Brunella'' ("Tell Brunella"), where she established a direct and frank dialogue with her readers on such themes as divorce, abortion, family and politics, appeared on ''

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'' for twenty-five years. She dealt with similar issues in her column ''Lettere a Candida'' ("Letters to Candida"), in the magazine ''Novella''. In 1956 she published her first novel, ''L'estate dei bisbigli'' (previously issued in instalments in ''Annabella''), followed by ''Io e loro: cronache di un marito'' (1959), ''Rosso di sera'' (1964), ''A scuola si muore'' (1975) and ''Grazie lo stesso'', all published by Rizzoli. Her non-fiction work includes the humouristic handbook manual ''Il galateo di Brunella Gasperini'' (Sonzogno, 1975) and her autobiography ''Una donna e altri animali'' (Rizzoli, 1978). A selection of her editorials and of the letters published in ''Annabella'' was collected posthumously in ''Così la penso io'' (Rizzoli, 1979) and ''Più botte che risposte'' (Rizzoli, 1981). Her books have been translated and successfully published into several languages, such as German, French, Spanish, Hungarian. From her marriage to Adelmo Gasperini (called Mino by everyone and “life mate” by Brunella) she had two children, Massimo (1946-2013), a sculptor, and Nicoletta (1950-1989), herself a journalist, who wrote assiduously for different fashion and music magazines.

Bibliography

Fiction

*1956 ''L'estate dei bisbigli'', Rizzoli *1957 ''Le vie del vento'', Rizzoli *1957 ''Fanali gialli'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Le note blu'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Le ragazze della villa accanto'', Rizzoli *1959 ''Io e loro: cronache di un marito'', Rizzoli *1960 ''Ero io quella'', Rizzoli *1961 ''Lui e noi: cronache di una moglie'', Rizzoli *1964 ''Rosso di sera'', Rizzoli *1965 ''Noi e loro: cronache di una figlia'', Rizzoli *1970 ''I fantasmi nel cassetto'', Edizioni di Novissima *1973 ''Luna straniera'', AMZ *1974 ''Siamo in famiglia'', Rizzoli *1975 ''A scuola si muore'', Rizzoli *1975 ''Il buio alle spalle'', AMZ *1976 ''Grazie lo stesso'', Rizzoli *1976 ''Storie d'amore storie d'allegria'' (short stories), Rizzoli *1978 ''Una donna e altri animali'', Rizzoli

Other

*1957 ''Dopo di lei, signora'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Cos'è una donna: problemi e segreti delle adolescenti'', Marietti *1960 ''Sposarsi è facile ma...'', Rizzoli *1975 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici dell'adolescenza'', AMZ *1975 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici prima del matrimonio'', AMZ *1975 ''Cos'è conoscersi: problemi e rapporti col tuo ragazzo'', Marietti *1975 ''Il galateo di Brunella Gasperini'', Sonzogno *1976 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici della coppia'', AMZ *1976 ''Di chi è la colpa: capire e risolvere i problemi del matrimonio'', Marietti *1979 ''Così la penso io'', Rizzoli *1981 ''Più botte che risposte'' (collection of letters to ''

''), Rizzoli

References

External links

Fans Page (Italian)

Page in English
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