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Grazia Deledda, recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Sardinia, Italy. Her father was the mayor of their village, Nuoro. She was educated by private tutors after attending the local elementary school. She spent her entire career in adulthood as a writer.
Deledda began writing poetry when she was eight years old. Her first work, AMORE REGALE, was published when she was 17. One of her major books, IL VECCHIO DELLA MONTAGNA (THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN), was published in 1900. Her autobiographical novel, COSIMA, was published posthumously the year following her death.
Grazia Deledda died in Rome in 1936.
CHRONOLOGY
1871 She was born in Sardinia, Italy. (September 27)
1891 AMORE REGALE
1892 FIOR DI SARDEGNA
1894 RACCONTI SARDI
1895 ANIME ONESTE
1896 LA VIA DEL MALE
1899 LA GIUSTIZIA
1900 IL VECCHIO DELLA MONTAGNA (THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN)
1902 DOPO IL DIVERZIO (AFTER THE DIVORCE)
1903 ELIAS PORTOLU
1904 CENERE (ASHES)
1905 NOSTALGIE
1908 L'EDERA
1909 IL NONNO
1910 IL NOSTRO PADRONE
1912 COLOMBI E SPARVIERI
1913 CANNE AL VENTO
1914 LE COLPE ALTRUI
1915 MARIANNA SIRCA
1918 L'INCENDIO NALL'OLIVETO
1920 LA MADRE (THE WOMAN AND THE PRIEST)
1921 IL SEGRETO DELL'UOMO SOLITARIO
1922 IL DIO DEI VIVENTI
1925 LA FUGA IN EGITTO
1926 She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1927 ANNALENA BILSINI
1931 IL PAESE DEL VENTO
1932 LA VIGNA SUR MARE
1936 She died in Rome, Italy. (August 15)
1937 COSIMA
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