Idolina Landolfi
Maria Idolina Landolfi (born 19 May 1958 in Rome – died 27 June 2008 in Florence) was an Italian novelist, poet and literary critic. She was daughter of the writer Tommaso Landolfi and the principal curator of his works. In 1996 she founded the Landolfian Studies Center, of which she was the president until her death.
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Idolina Landolfi
- Name
- Idolina Landolfi
- Born
- 19 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- 27 June 2008
- Place of death
- Florence, Italy
- Occupation
- Writer, translator and literary critic
- Nationality
- Italy
- Education
- University of Florence
- Languages
- Italian · French · English
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Maria Idolina Landolfi (born 19 May 1958 in Rome – died 27 June 2008 in Florence) was an Italian novelist, poet and literary critic. She was daughter of the writer Tommaso Landolfi and the principal curator of his works. In 1996 she founded the Landolfian Studies Center, of which she was the president until her death.
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Biography
Biography
She collaborated on the cultural pages of the newspaper Il Giornale until May 2008. Her personal library was donated to the Humanist Library of Siena.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Idolina Landolfi • Born — 19 May 1958 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Died — 27 June 2008 • Place of death — Florence, Italy • Occupation — Writer, translator and literary critic • Period — 1990–2008 • Genre — Poetry • Relatives — Tommaso Landolfi
Prose and poetry
Prose and poetry
• Scemo d'amore: racconti, Roma, Empiria, 1998. • I litosauri, Roma, Laterza, 1999. • Senza titolo testo di Idolina Landolfi, xilografia di Antonio Baglivo, Salerno, SemInAria, 2001 • con Ester Pes, Attacchi d'amore, Milano, ES, 1996. • Sotto altra stella, Pasian di Prato, Campanotto Editore, 1996 • Matracci e storte: novelle e novellette mercuriali, Napoli, Graus, 2004. • Non mi destare, amore, Firenze, Il Bisonte, 2010
Translations
Translations
• Gina Barkhordar Nahai, L' incanto del pavone, traduzione di Idolina Landolfi e William S. Maury, Milano, Rizzoli, 1991 • Annie Ernaux, Passione semplice, Milano, Rizzoli, 1992 • Isidore Ducasse, comte de Lautréamont, I canti di Maldoror. Poesie. Lettere, introduzione, traduzione e note di Idolina Landolfi, Milano, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1995 • Matthew Kneale, Nero Tamigi, Milano, Bompiani, 1997 • Jean-Claude Lavie, L' amore e il delitto perfetto, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 1998 • Donna Tartt, Dio di illusioni, Milano, Rizzoli, 1998 • Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Claire Lenoir, Latina, L'Argonauta, 1999 • Murray Bail, Eucalyptus, Milano, Mondadori, 1999 • Paule Constant, Confidenza per confidenza, Milano, Rizzoli, 2000 • Michel Tournier, Eleazar, ovvero La sorgente e il roveto, Milano, Garzanti, 2000 • Adam Armstrong, Il grido della pantera, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001 • Elie Wiesel, Michael de Saint Cheron, Il male e l'esilio: dieci anni dopo, Milano, Baldini & Castoldi, 2001 • Frances Mayes, Sotto il sole della Toscana, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001 • Frances Mayes, 'Beautiful Toscana, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001 • Michel Tournier, "Celebrazioni", Milano, Garzanti, 2001 • Darin Strauss, Chang and Eng Bunker, Milano, Rizzoli, 2001 • Jean-Christophe Grangé, Il concilio di pietra, Milano, Superpocket, 2003 • Jean-Christophe Grangé, Il volo delle cicogne, Milano, Garzanti, 2003 • Jean-Christophe Grangé, I fiumi di porpora, Milano, Garzanti, 2005 • Donna Tartt, Il piccolo amico, traduzione di Idolina Landolfi e Giovanni Maccari, Milano, Superpocket, 2005 • Eva Stachniak, Il giardino di Venere, Milano, Rizzoli, 2005
Identity
Identity
Idolina Landolfi is recorded with the occupation literary critic. Recorded as writer, literary critic, translator, journalist and poet.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1958
Idolina Landolfi was born on 19 May 1958.
2008
Idolina Landolfi died on 26 June 2008.
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Rome.
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- 1.Addio a Idolina Landolfi, critica e scrittrice Faceva parte della giuria del premio Dessi. ricerca.gelocal.it.
- 2.Articoli di Idolina Landolfi pubblicati sul quotidiano Il Giornale.
- 3.Archivio Tommaso e Idolina Landolfi. sba.unisi.it.
- 4.Fondo Landolfi Idolina. SIUSA Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche.
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