Luisa Adorno

Luisa Adorno
Born
Mila Curradi

2 August 1921
Pisa, Italy
Died12 July 2021(2021-07-12) (aged 99)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationWriter
AwardsPremio Alpi Apuane
Premio Prato-Europa
Premio nazionale letterario Pisa
Viareggio Prize
Premio Vittorini

Luisa Adorno, pseudonym of Mila Curradi (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2021) was an Italian writer and teacher.[1]

Biography

Adorno spent her career as a secondary school teacher. She collaborated with the magazines Il Mondo, Paragone [it], L'Indice dei libri del mese, Abitare, and Italianieuropei [it]. In 2005, she was a judge for the Premio Brancati.

In 1963, Adorno was awarded the Premio Alpi Apuane. In 1985, she was given the Premio Prato-Europa and the Premio nazionale letterario Pisa [it] for Le dorate stanze.[3 Italian] In 1990, she won the Viareggio Prize for Arco di luminara.[2] In 1999, a collection of her works was housed in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, where it remains to this day.[3] That same year, she was awarded the Premio Vittorini for Sebben che siamo donne.[4] In 2001, she became a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Luisa Adorno died in Rome on 12 July 2021 at the age of 99.[5]

Distinctions

  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2001)[6]

Works

  • L'ultima provincia (1983)
  • Le dorate stanze (1985)
  • Arco di luminara (1990)
  • La libertà ha un cappello a cilindro (1993)
  • Come a un ballo in maschera (1995)
  • Sebben che siamo donne (1999)
  • Foglia d'acero (2001)
  • Tutti qui con me (2008)
  • Italia mia (2010)

References

  1. ^ Constanzo, Mauricio (14 July 2021). "Cultura in lutto: è morta la scrittrice toscana Luisa Adorno". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci". Viareggio Rèpaci (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Adorno Luisa". Archivio per la memoria e la scrittura delle donne (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Albo d'Oro". Premio Letterario Elio Vittorini (in Italian).
  5. ^ Merlo, Francesco (18 July 2021). "Luisa Adorno, evviva la Sicilia oltre ogni stereotipo". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Comunicato". Presidenza della Repubblica (in Italian). 1 June 2001. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.