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Patrizia Cavalli

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Patrizia Cavalli
Cavalli in 2008
Born17 April 1947
Todi, Italy
Died21 June 2022(2022-06-21) (aged 75)
Rome, Italy
OccupationPoet

Patrizia Cavalli (17 April 1947 – 21 June 2022) was an Italian poet.[1]

Biography

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Cavalli defended 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.[2] In 1999, she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for her work Sempre aperto teatro.[3] In 2006, she received the Premio Dessì [it] 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.[4]

Works

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  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ "Patrizia Cavalli". Éditions des Femmes (in French). Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Patrizia Cavalli". Machiavelli Toulouse (in French). Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci". Premio Letterario Internazionale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "E' morta la poetessa Patrizia Cavalli". La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.