Luisa Adorno Explained

Luisa Adorno
Birth Name:Mila Curradi
Birth Date:2 August 1921
Birth Place:Pisa, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Writer
Awards:Premio Alpi Apuane
Premio Prato-Europa
Premio nazionale letterario Pisa
Viareggio Prize
Premio Vittorini

Luisa Adorno, pseudonym of Mila Curradi (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2021) was an Italian writer and teacher.[1]

Biography

Adorno spent her career as a secondary school teacher. She collaborated with the magazines Il Mondo, , L'Indice dei libri del mese, Abitare, and . In 2005, she was a judge for the Premio Brancati.

In 1963, Adorno was awarded the Premio Alpi Apuane. In 1985, she was given the Premio Prato-Europa and the for Le dorate stanze.[3 Italian] In 1990, she won the Viareggio Prize for Arco di luminara.[2] In 1999, a collection of her works was housed in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze, where it remains to this day.[3] That same year, she was awarded the Premio Vittorini for Sebben che siamo donne.[4] In 2001, she became a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Luisa Adorno died in Rome on 12 July 2021 at the age of 99.[5]

Distinctions

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: Constanzo. Mauricio. 14 July 2021. Cultura in lutto: è morta la scrittrice toscana Luisa Adorno. Italian. La Nazione. 19 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci. Viareggio Rèpaci. Italian.
  3. Web site: Adorno Luisa. Archivio per la memoria e la scrittura delle donne. Italian.
  4. Web site: Albo d'Oro. Premio Letterario Elio Vittorini. Italian.
  5. News: Merlo. Francesco. 18 July 2021. Luisa Adorno, evviva la Sicilia oltre ogni stereotipo. Italian. La Repubblica. 19 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Comunicato. 1 June 2001. Presidenza della Repubblica. Italian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110605193707/http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/comunicato.asp?id=15010. 5 June 2011.