Grazia Livi

Grazia Livi in Africa in 1961
Grazia Livi in Africa in 1961

Grazia Livi (1930 – 18 January 2015) was an Italian author and journalist.

Born in Florence, Livi got a degree in Romance studies with Gianfranco Contini, then in 1958 she wrote her first novel, Gli scapoli di Londra ("The London bachelors").[1] In the sixties she started her career as a journalist working for several newspapers and magazines, notably La Nazione, Epoca and L'Europeo.[2] She then gradually decided to leave the journalism to devote himself to writing, as a novelist and an essayist.[2] In 1991 she won the Essays Section of the Viareggio Prize with the book Le lettere del mio nome ("The letters of my name"), while in 1994 she was a finalist at the Strega Prize with Vincoli segreti ("Secret Constraints"), a collection of short stories .[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Grazia Livi: "la mia vita è una storia di parole pensate"". Mente Locale. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Letteratura, morta a Milano la scrittrice e saggista Grazia Livi". Libero. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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