biography
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Banti, Anna
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originally Lucia Longhi Lopresti
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pronunciation:
[bantee]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1895–1985)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy. Her novels, written in a highly polished language, analyse complex psychological situations and the role of women, especially their loneliness, in modern society. They include Il coraggio delle donne (1940) and Un grido lacerante (1981). She also wrote a number of essays (Lorenzo Lotto). |
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