biography
pronunciation:
[delayda]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1871–1936)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. She had no formal education, and took inspiration from Sardinian life for her novels and short stories, including Elias Portolu (1903), Cenere (1904), L'edera (1906), Canne al vento (1913), and Marianna Sirca (1915). They combine elements from both the verismo and decadents movements and from popular literature to create an ambience infused with strong passions, death, and religion. She received the Nobel prize for literature in 1926. |
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