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Natalia Ginzburg (Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈɡintsburɡ], German: [ˈɡɪntsbʊʁk]; née Levi; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy.
Jun 22, 2017 · In this summer of our discontent, I’ve been rereading “Family Lexicon,” the autobiographical novel by the Italian writer Natalia Ginzburg, which was recently reissued by The New York Review ...
Jul 22, 2019 · Hiding in Plain Sight: Natalia Ginzburg’s Masterpiece “Family Lexicon” comes at its subject, which is life itself and what it asks of us, obliquely. By Cynthia Zarin
- Joan Acocella
Natalia Ginzburg was an Italian author who dealt unsentimentally with family relationships in her writings. Ginzburg was the widow of the Italian literary figure and patriot Leone Ginzburg, who operated a publishing house for a time, was arrested for antifascist activities, and died in prison in.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 20, 2019 · A review by Italo Calvino of Ginzburg's novel The Dry Heart, published in 1947, praises her singular and modern style. The article also traces the friendship and literary influence of the two Italian writers.
Jun 18, 2019 · Ginzburg died in 1991, celebrated as one of the great Italian writers. Her work is making its way again into the Anglophone world, encouraged, perhaps, by the popularity of Elena Ferrante’s ...
Oct 7, 1991 · Natalia Ginzburg (née Levi) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize.
