Elena Gianini Belotti (2 December 1929 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian writer, teacher, and activist.
Biography
Born in
Rome
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on 2 December 1929, Belotti first worked in the field of childcare. In 1960, she became director of the ''Centro Nascita Montessori'', which she directed until 1980. In 1973, she published the book ''Dalla parte delle bambine'' for ', which covered the early conditioning of women. In 1980, she published ''Prima le donne e i bambini'' for Rizzoli, again on the subject of gender conditioning.
In ''Pimpì oselì'', she outlined life of children in
Bergamo
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and Rome in
Fascist Italy
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, emphasizing the harshness of poverty and gender separation. In 2003, she wrote the novel ''Prima della quiete'', in which she told the tragic story of . In 2007, published ''Ancora dalla parte delle bambine'', an update of the themes of conditioning of women covered by Belotti thirty-five years earlier.
Gianini Belotti died in Rome on 24 December 2022, at the age of 93.
Awards
* (1985)
*
Rapallo Carige Prize
The Rapallo Carige Prize ( it, Premio Rapallo Carige per la donna scrittrice) is an Italian literary award, established in 1985 by the Municipality of Rapallo and the Carige Bank (''Banca Carige'').
The award is intended to promote writing by wom ...
(2001)
*
Grinzane Cavour Prize (2004)
*Grand Officer of the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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The highest-ranking ...
(2010)
Works
*''Dalla parte delle bambine. L'influenza dei condizionamenti sociali nella formazione del ruolo femminile nei primi anni di vita'' (1973)
*''Che razza di ragazza'' (1979)
*''Prima le donne e i bambini'' (1980)
*''Non di sola madre'' (1983)
*''Il fiore dell'ibisco'' (1985)
*''Amore e pregiudizio. Il tabù dell'età nei rapporti sentimentali'' (1988)
*''Adagio un poco mosso'' (1993)
*''Pimpì oselì'' (1995)
*''Apri le porte all'alba'' (1999)
*''Voli'' (2001)
*''Prima della quiete. Storia di Italia Donati'' (2003)
*''Pane amaro. Un immigrato italiano in America'' (2006)
*''Cortocircuito'' (2008)
*''L'ultimo Natale'' (2012)
*''Onda lunga'' (2013)
References
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1929 births
2022 deaths
People from Rome
Italian writers
Italian children's writers