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Fernanda Pivano


Born
in Genoa, Italy
July 18, 1917

Died
August 18, 2009

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


Fernanda Pivano was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic.

Pivano was born in Genoa in 1917. When she was a teenager she moved with her family to Turin where she attended the Massimo D'Azeglio Lyceum. There she met Cesare Pavese, who introduced her and her classmate Primo Levi to American literature. In 1941 she received a laurea (doctoral degree) with a thesis on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, which earned her a prize from the Center for American Studies in Rome. In 1943 she obtained a second degree in philosophy. In the same year she completed her first translation, the Italian edition of the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters for Einaudi.

In 1948, Pivano met Ernest Hemingway. It turned out to be the beginning of an int ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 40,587 ratings · 2,514 reviews · 172 distinct works • Similar authors
Libero chi legge
4.04 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Viaggio americano
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Hemingway
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Poesia degli ultimi americani
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Beat, hippie, yippie
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Leggende americane: Edgar L...
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Mostri degli anni Venti
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Amici scrittori: quarant'an...
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C'era una volta un beat. 10...
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I miei amici cantautori
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