Natalia Ginzburg
1916 – 1991 · aged 75
Italian writer (1916–1991)
- Born
- 14 Jul 1916 · Palermo
- Died
- 7 Oct 1991 · Rome
Life timeline
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- 14 Jul 1916BornBorn in Palermo
- 1952AwardCharles Veillon prize in the Italian language
- 1963AwardStrega Prize
- 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1984AwardBagutta Prize
- 1987 – 1991RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 7 Oct 1991DiedDied in Rome
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 1991).
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
Biography
Natalia Levi Ginzburg (Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈlɛːvi ˈɡintsburɡ, - ˈɡin(d)zburɡ]; later Levi Baldini; 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. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and the United States.
An activist, for a time in the 1930s she belonged to the Italian Communist Party. In 1983, she was elected to Parliament from Rome as an independent politician.
Text from the Wikipedia article Natalia Ginzburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
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