Dacia Maraini and Her Literary Journey

by Dacia Maraini, Michelangelo La Luna (Editor), Angela Pitassi (Editor)

Overview

The aim of this work is to provide an intimate portrait of Dacia Maraini's interactions with both scholars and students alike, as well as to offer insight into her ideas and beliefs regarding current and historical themes and events.
The present volume, Dacia Maraini and Her Literary Journey, is divided into two parts: "Talks and Essays" and "Interviews and Conversations". Each talk given at American universities touches on the topic of writing from different points of view, including Maraini's own path as a writer, and the importance of female writers' historical and literary journeys. The essay "A Letter on Abortion"
demonstrates how relevant the topic of abortion is, as well as the complex,
multifaceted debate that has always surrounded it. "Chinese Olives" talks about being intimate with someone without having sex.

The second part, composed of nine interviews, spans many different topics, although several key themes come to the fore. Maraini's childhood experience in Japan is recounted in relation to several different topics, including the development of her literary voice. Maraini connects women's rights to many spheres, for example the writings of female mystics, the disobedience to the Church of Clare of Assisi, and the specificity of Italian feminism. Her interactions with students in the classroom at the University of Rhode Island also offers the reader an opportunity to see how Maraini reflects on past publications such as Memoirs of a Female Thief and Buio. The specific nature of this work,
shaped through conversations and talks in university settings, sheds light on
Dacia Mariani's infinite contribution to both literature and society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788897715955
Publisher:	De Rada Italian Institute, Inc.
Publication date:	07/20/2020
Series:	SOPHIA , #11
Edition description:	Talks Essays Interviews Conversations ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Dacia Maraini. One of the most prominent figures of Italian culture alive today, Dacia Maraini
is a writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet, journalist, translator, and essayist.
She’s won, among others, the most prestigious literature awards in Italy: Campiello,
Strega, Alabarda d’oro, Cimitile, Pinuccio Tatarella, and Fregene. In addition
to these achievements, throughout her life, Dacia Maraini has fought for
women’s and children’s rights, which are the main topics of both her research
and her literary production.
Maraini’s books are translated into twenty-two languages and some of her
bestsellers—such as Storia di Piera, L’età del malessere , La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa, Voci, and Memorie di una ladra—were turned into successful
movies.
In her autobiographies Bagheria (Bagheria), and La nave per Kobe (The Ship
to Kobe), the author speaks about the period spent with her family in Japan
from 1938 to 1945, her reclusion in the Japanese concentration camps (1943-
1945), and her life in Sicily (1947-on). Among Maraini’s works we should
also mention the following: Donna in guerra, 1975; Il treno per
Helsinki, 1984; Buio, 1999; Maria Stuarda e altre commedie, 2001;
La ragazza di via Maqueda, 2009; La grande festa, 2011; L’amore rubato, 2012;
Chiara d’Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza, 2013; La bambina e il sognatore, 2015;
Taccuino americano (1964-2016), 2016; Tre donne. Una storia d’amore e disamore, 2017;
Corpo felice. Storia di donne, rivoluzioni e un figlio che se ne va, 2018; Trio, 2020.