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La monaca di Sciangai
La storia di due sorelle, Agnese e Angelica. Una si sposa e l'altra diventa monaca.
128 pages
First published January 1, 1957
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About the author
Anna Banti
44 books24 followersAnna Banti is the pseudonym of Lucia Lopresti, an Italian biographer, critic, and author of fiction. Much of her fiction has a central theme of women's struggles for equal opportunity.
Banti graduated from the University of Rome. She directed the literary section of the magazine Paragone and took on direction of the art section after the death of her husband, famous art critic Roberto Longhi.
Her most famous work is Artemisia, based on life of seventeenth-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, written when she was 52 years old.
Banti died in Ronchi di Massa, Italy, at the age of 90.
Banti graduated from the University of Rome. She directed the literary section of the magazine Paragone and took on direction of the art section after the death of her husband, famous art critic Roberto Longhi.
Her most famous work is Artemisia, based on life of seventeenth-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, written when she was 52 years old.
Banti died in Ronchi di Massa, Italy, at the age of 90.
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October 22, 2020
Mi è piaciuta molto la scrittura, proprio perché non moderna, e la storia di queste due sorelle.
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