Silvana Grasso (Macchia di
Giarre
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, 3 June 1952) is an
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Biography
Grasso was born in Macchia di
Giarre
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, where she currently lives and works as a philologist, writer, and critic for ,
La Sicilia
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, and
la Repubblica
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(Palermo edition).
Her books have been translated into
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; while her plays have been performed in several Italian cities, and in
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. She was an assessor for the Beni Culturali for the Comune di
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(2007-2008), where she carried out the project "Una cultura da Castello", aimed at bringing attention to and renovating the
Castello Ursino
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Works
Stories
* ''I scuti di Santa Nicola'', in "Paragone - Letteratura", XLI, n.s., 21 (484), giugno 1990.
* ''Nebbia di "ddraunàra"'', in "Paragone - Letteratura", XLII, n.s., 29 (500), febbraio 1991.
* ''Ovvero del Sublime'', in «Nuove Effemeridi», a. IV n. 15, 1991/III.
* ''Nebbie di ddraunàra'', Milano, La Tartaruga, 1993.
* ''7 uomini 7. Peripezie di una vedova'', Palermo, Flaccovio, 2006; a cura di Marco Bardini, Pisa, ETS, 2018.
* ''Pazza è la luna'', Torino, Einaudi, 2007.
* ''Il cuore a destra'', Valverde, Le Farfalle, 2014.
* ''Una imperfetta felicità'', in
la Repubblica
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(Palermo edition), with illustrations by Franco Donarelli, published in 10 installments in the Sunday edition between 7 July 2019 and 8 September 2019.
Novels
* ''Il Bastardo di Mautàna'', Milano, Anabasi, 1994; finalist for the
:it:Premio Bergamo (letteratura) Milano, Club degli Editori, 1995; Torino, Einaudi, 1997; con una postfazione di Marina Castiglione, Venezia, Marsilio, 2011.
** Translations: ''H παρακμή των βερντεράμε'', Athína, Ekdotikos Oikos A. A. Livani, 1996; ''The Bastard of Mautana'', London, Faber & Faber, 1996; ''De bastaard van Mautana'', Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 1996; ''Der Bastard von Mautana'', Berlin, Berlin Verlag, 1998.
* ''Ninna nanna del lupo'', Torino, Einaudi, 1995; Venezia, Marsilio, 2012.
* ''L’albero di Giuda'', Torino, Einaudi, 1997; Venezia, Marsilio, 2011.
* ''La pupa di zucchero'', Milano, Rizzoli, 2001; with a preface by Gandolfo Cascio, Venezia, Marsilio/Universale Feltrinelli, 2019.
* ''Disìo'', Milano, Rizzoli, 2005; with a preface by Marco Bardini, Venezia, Marsilio/Universale Feltrinelli, 2019.
* ''L’incantesimo della buffa'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2011.
* ''Solo se c’è la Luna'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2017.
* ''La domenica vestivi di rosso'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2018.
Poetry
* ''Enrichetta sul Corso'', with drawings by Aldo Turiano and Fabio Nicola Grosso, acqueforti di Fabio Nicola Grosso, Catania, OBI (Orizzonti Bibliofilia Italiana), 2001.
* ''Enrichetta'', bilingual Italian-Dutch edition, edited by Gandolfo Cascio, translation by Raniero Speelman, introduction by Marina Castiglione, Amsterdam, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 2017.
* ''Me pudet. Poesie 1994-2017'', critical edition edited by Gandolfo Cascio, Pisa, ETS, 2019.
Theater
* ''La notte di San Giovanni'', radiodrama, Radio
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* ''L’ombra del gelsomino'', radiodrama, Radio RAI.
* ''Manca solo la domenica'', pièce tratta da ''Pazza è la luna'', by and with
Licia Maglietta
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, produced by
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* ''Il difficile mestiere di vedova'', directed by
Licia Maglietta
Licia Maglietta (born 16 November 1954) is an Italian actress and stage director, known for her work with Italian director Silvio Soldini. Their collaborations include romances ''Bread and Tulips'' (2000) - for which Maglietta won multiple awards ...
, produced by
:it:Teatri Uniti.
* ''Atthis. Dell’Eterna Ferita'', edited by Gandolfo Cascio, Giarre, Archivio Silvana Grasso, 2017.
Translations
*
:it:Archestrato di Gela, ''I piaceri della mensa'', Palermo, Flaccovio, 1987.
*
:it:Matrone di Pitane, ''Un banchetto attico'', Palermo, Flaccovio, 1988.
*
:it:Galeno, ''La dieta dimagrante'', Palermo, Flaccovio, 1989.
*
:it:Eroda, ''Mimiambi. Commediole del III sec. a. C.'', Palermo, Flaccovio, 1989.
Recognition
* 1993:
Premio Grinzane Cavour
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"Giovane Autore Esordiente"
* 1993:
:it:Premio Mondello
* 1995: Il timone d’argento
* 1996:
:it:Premio nazionale letterario Pisa
* 1997: Premio Vittorini
* 1997:
:it:Premio internazionale Sileno d'oro
* 1998: Premio Vir Singulari Virtude
* 1999: Premio Città di Monreale per la Narrativa
* 2002:
Premio Flaiano
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Established to honour the Italian author and screenwriter Ennio Flai ...
of literature, with ''La pupa di zucchero''
* 2002: Premio Grazia Deledda
* 2002:
Premio Brancati
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for ''La pupa di zucchero''
Albo d'Oro Brancati prize
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* 2003: Rotary Club - Terra d’Agavi
* 2004: Premio Rubens
* 2006: Premio Grinzane Cavour
* 2011: Premio Comune di Gela
* 2016: Premio Aci Galatea
* 2018: Premio Maria Teresa Di Lascia
* 2018: Premio Telamone per la Cultura
* 2019: Premio Sant’Alfio Fonte di Pace
* 2019: Premio Rocco Federico alla carriera
* 2019: Premio Luigi Pirandello
Notes
Monographs
* Marina Castiglione, ''L’incesto della parola. Lingua e stile in Silvana Grasso'', Caltanissetta- Roma, Sciascia, 2009.
* Gandolfo Cascio (edited by), ''Vetrine di cristallo. Saggi su Silvana Grasso'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2018.
External links
Works by Silvana Grasso
on ''Open Library'', Internet Archive.
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1952 births
20th-century Italian writers
20th-century Italian women writers
Living people