Francesca Sanvitale (17 May 1928 – 9 February 2011) was an Italian novelist and journalist, "one of Italy's most renowned contemporary authors".

Life

Born in

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, Francesca Sanvitale lived in

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for two decades, gaining a degree there in Italian literature before moving to

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in 1961.Dawn Green, 'Francesca Sanvitale', in Jane Eldridge Miller, ed., ''Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing'', p.289 She wrote television plays and contributed to cultural programmes for

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.'Francesca Sanvitale (born 1929)', in Claire Buck, ed., ''Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature'', p. 989 Her first novel was ''Il cuore borghese'' (1972). ''Madre e figlia'' (1980), a

semi-autobiographical novel An autobiographical novel is a form of novel using autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction. Bec ...

about an intense relationship between a mother and her illegitimate child, won both the Fregene Prize and the Pozzale Luigi Russo Prize. The protagonist in Sanvitale's third novel, ''L'uomo del parco'' (1984), attempted to find the truth about herself through

psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might b ...

. As well as other novels, Sanvitale collected short stories in ''La realtà è un dono'' (1987) and ''Separazioni'' (1997). ''L'inizio è in autunno'' won the

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( it, Premio Viareggio, italic=no or ) is an Italian literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Rèpaci, to rival the Milanese ...

in 2008.Premio Viareggio: trionfa Francesca Sanvitale con il romanzo "L'inizio è in autunno"
, ''Italia News'', 29 August 2008 She died in Rome.

Works

* ''Il cuore borghese'' he bourgeois heart 1972 * ''Madre e figlia'', 1980 * ''L'uomo del parco: romanzo'' he man in the heart 1984 * ''La realtà è un dono: racconti'' eality is a gift: stories 1987 * ''Mettendo a fuoco : pagine di letteratura e realtà'', 1988 * (tr.) ''Il diavolo in corpo'' by

Raymond Radiguet Raymond Radiguet (18 June 1903 – 12 December 1923) was a French novelist and poet whose two novels were noted for their explicit themes, and unique style and tone. Early life Radiguet was born in Saint-Maur, Val-de-Marne, close to Paris, th ...

, 1989. Translated from the French '' Le Diable au corps'' (1923) * ''Verso Paola'', 1991 * ''Il figlio dell'Impero'', 1993 * ''Tre favole dell'ansia e dell'ombra'', 1994 * ''Separazioni'' eparations 1997 * ''Camera ottica: pagine di letteratura e realtà'', 1999 * ''L'ultima casa prima del bosco'', 2003 * ''L'inizio è in autunno'', 2008

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanvitale, Francesca 1928 births 2011 deaths Journalists from Milan Writers from Milan 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian novelists