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Grazia Deledda

Born

in Nuoro, Italy

September 27, 1871

Died

August 15, 1936

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e. Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general". She was the first Italian woman to receive the prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.
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Average rating: 3.7 · 15,484 ratings · 1,801 reviews · 432 distinct works • Similar authors

	Canne al vento by Grazia Deledda, Angela Cerinotti (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 7,366 ratings — published 1913 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La madre 3.68 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 1920 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cenere 4.01 avg rating — 853 ratings — published 1904 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elias Portolu 3.65 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 1903 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosima by Grazia Deledda, Martha King (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 1936 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'edera 3.73 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 1908 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marianna Sirca by Grazia Deledda, Jan Kozma (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1915 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Divorce by Grazia Deledda, Susan Ashe (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1902 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il paese del vento 3.59 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1931 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La via del male 3.89 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1896 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ma perché questo, Efix, dimmi, tu che hai girato il mondo: è da per tutto così? Perché la sorte ci stronca così, come canne?
– Sì, – egli disse allora, – siamo proprio come le canne al vento, donna Ester mia. Ecco perché! Siamo canne, e la sorte è il vento.”
― Grazia Deledda, Reeds in the Wind

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“Little by little they all gathered around him, entering through the cracks like moonbeams...[b]ut once the wind of misfortune blows, people disperse like little clouds around the moon when the wind blows off the mountains.”
― Grazia Deledda, Reeds in the Wind

tags: bad-omens, family-curse, misfortune, omens

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“The feast lasted nine days, the last three becoming a continuous circle dance accompanied by songs and music. Noemi always stayed on the belvedere among the banquet remains. ... No, she didn't dance, she didn't laugh, but it was enough for her to see people enjoying themselves, because she too hoped to take part in the festival of life.”
― Grazia Deledda, Reeds in the Wind

tags: future-portents, old-maid-syndrome, omens

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