Maria Chessa Lai
Illustration — Cover of Sea of Mine/ La Mia Mar 2005 Maria Chessa Lai (15 February 1922 in Monti – 7 February 2012 in Alghero) was an Italian poet writing in the Catalan Algherese dialect. She was three times winner of the Premio Ozieri awarded annually for the best new poetry written in a Sardinian minority language. The majority of her work was collected together and published in the volume La Mia Mar in 2005.
Maria Chessa Lai
- Born
- 1922 · Monti.
- Died
- 2012 · Alghero.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Catalan · Italian
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Illustration — Cover of Sea of Mine/ La Mia Mar 2005 Maria Chessa Lai (15 February 1922 in Monti – 7 February 2012 in Alghero) was an Italian poet writing in the Catalan Algherese dialect. She was three times winner of the Premio Ozieri awarded annually for the best new poetry written in a Sardinian minority language. The majority of her work was collected together and published in the volume La Mia Mar in 2005.
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Born at Monti in 1922, died in Alghero in 2012.
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- 1.http://notizie.alguer.it/n?id=47650 Celebrated in her home city 2012
- 2.http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2012/02/10/news/poesia-in-catalano-addio-a-maria-chessa-lai-1.3660891 Italian newspaper article 2012
- 3.Premi in trasferta per Alghero Donna. Alguer.it.
- 4.La Mia Mar/Sea Of Mine Google Books
- 5.Collected Poems/ edla.it
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