Giuliana Morandini (1938 – 22 July 2019) was an Italian writer. She was born in

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and lived in

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and

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. Her first book ''E allora mi hanno rinchiusa: testimonianze dal manicomio femminile'' (And so I was locked up: Testimony from a Women's Mental Hospital) (1977) was a study of women in Italian mental hospitals; it was a finalist for 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 ...

. Her first novel ''I cristalli di Vienna'' was published in 1978 and received the Prato Prize; it was translated in English as ''Bloodstains''. This was followed by ''Caffè Specchi'' (''The Café of Mirrors'') in 1983, which received the Viareggio Prize. Her 1987 novel ''Angelo a Berlino'' (Angel in Berlin) was a finalist for the

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. In 1980, she published ''La voce che è in lei'' (The voice within her), an anthology of writing by little-known or forgotten Italian women authors. She also wrote an introduction for Italian translations of

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Selected works

* ''Ricercare Carlotta'', children's book (1979) * ''Poesie d'amore'' (Love poems), collected poetry by women (1986) * ''Sogno a Herrenberg'' (Dreams in Herrenberg), historical novel (1991) * ''Giocando a dama con la luna'' (Playing checkers with the moon), historical novel (1996)

References

1938 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Italian novelists Italian essayists Italian women essayists Viareggio Prize winners 20th-century essayists 20th-century Italian women {{Italy-writer-stub