Patrizia Cavalli
Patrizia Cavalli (17 April 1947 – 21 June 2022) was an Italian poet.
Patrizia Cavalli
- Name
- Patrizia Cavalli
- Born
- 17 April 1947
- Birthplace
- Todi, Italy
- Died
- 21 June 2022
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Italy
- Fields
- poetry · translation from French · translation from English · Italian poetry
- Honours
- Dessì Prize · Premio Selezione Campiello
- Languages
- French · Italian · English
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Key facts
• Name — Patrizia Cavalli • Born — 17 April 1947 • Birthplace — Todi, Italy • Died — 21 June 2022 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Poet • Years Active — 1968–2022
Biography
Biography
Born in Todi on 17 April 1947, Cavalli graduated with a thesis devoted to the aesthetics of music. Although most of her work was poetic, she also translated the works of Molière and Shakespeare into Italian. In 1968, she began living in Rome. In 1999, she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for her work Sempre aperto teatro. In 2006, she received the Premio Dessì for Pigre divinità e pigra sorte. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Premio Campiello for Con passi giapponesi. Patrizia Cavalli died in Rome on 21 June 2022 at the age of 75.
Works
Works
• Le mie poesie non cambieranno il mondo (1974) • Il cielo (1981) • Poesie 1974-1992 (1992) • L'io singolare proprio mio (1999) • Sempre aperto teatro (1999) • La Guardania (2004) • Pigra divinità e pigra sorte (2006) • La Patria (2011)
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1947
Patrizia Cavalli born at Todi.
2022
Patrizia Cavalli died at Rome.
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Todi.
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Rome.
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scholarly publication
- Cavalli, Patrizia, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
- Patrizia Cavalli (1947-), Contemporary ItalianWomen Poets
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3370074: Patrizia Cavalli
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- “Patrizia Cavalli”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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