Nadia Cavalera (born 20 September 1950 in

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novelist, poet and literary critic. Cavalera attended the Liceo Classico "Palmieri" de Lecce and earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy in the Università di Lecce, with the thesis "Democrazia e socialismo nel giovane

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". She started her political activity in PCI when she was 20 years old. She worked in Brindisi for 12 years and since 1988, she has lived and worked as a teacher in Modena. She founded Brindisi's first entirely literary magazine, ''Gheminga''. In 1990, she and the poet

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founded and became editors of the journal ''Bollettario: quadrimestrale di scrittura e critica'', issued three times a year, which is a publication of literature and literary criticism of the cultural association "Le avanguardie". The association proposes an

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philosophy that can be permanent, non-elitist and open to the concept of ''umafeminità'' (a mix of ''uomo'', man and ''feminità'', femininity, a concept which sees men and women as equal despite their differences). In 2005, she founded the literary prize Premio Alessandro Tassoni, which is administered by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Publications

Prose

*''I palazzi di Brindisi'' – Schena, Fasano, 1986 *''Nottilabio'' - Roma, La città della luna, 1995

Poetry

*''Vita Novissima'', Modena, Bollettariolibri, 1992 *''Americanata'', Modena, Bollettariolibri, 1993 *''Ecce Femina'', Napoli, Altri termini, 1994 *''Brogliasso'', Modena, Gheminga, 1996 *''Salentudine'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2004 *''Superrealisticallegoricamente'', Roma, Fermenti, 2005; Premio L'Aquila - Carispaq.

Wordvisual works

*''Imprespressioni'', 1970 *''Adriana'', 1972 *''Golphe de Genes'', 1975 *''Sospensioni'', 1980 *''Amsirutuf: enimma'', 1988 *''I prestanomi: uomini senza'', 1993 *''La città della luna'', 1997

Catalogues

*''Superrealismo allegorico'', Modena, 1993 *''Superrealismo allegorico'', Modena,1995 *''Superrealismo allegorico'', Modena,1997 *''Superrealismo allegorico'', Modena,1999

Books about artists

*''Il capo: lavoro, romanzo senza parole'', 1991 *''Stundaia'', 1995

References

External links

Associazione Culturale "Le Avanguardie"Bollettario, quadrimestrale di scrittura e criticaPremio "Alessandro Tassoni"RomArt - Movimenti artistici: Superrealismo allegorico
1950 births Living people 20th-century Italian novelists Italian women novelists Italian poets Italian women poets Italian literary critics Italian women literary critics 20th-century Italian women writers {{Italy-writer-stub