User:Cavarrone/Mura (writer)
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| Born | Maria Assunta Giulia Volpi Nannipieri 25 October 1892 Bologna, Italy |
| Died | 16 March 1940 (aged 47) Stromboli, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer |
Maria Assunta Giulia Volpi Nannipieri (25 October 1892 – 16 March 1940), best known under the pen name Mura, was an Italian writer, journalist and playwright, specialized in romance novels.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Bologna, the daughter of a waiter and a housewife, Nannipieri grew up between Livorno and Milan, where his father found work as a food peddler.[1] She embarked on her literary activity at the encouragement of her friend Annie Vivanti, a famous poet and novelist she knew during a Vivanti's holiday trip in Gavirate, and took her pen name from Vivanti's novel Circe.[1] She started her career collaborating with Touring Club Italiano, Il Secolo, Il Telegrafo and Novella.[1] Mainly active in the romance novel genre, her style was trasgressive, anti-conformist and erotic.[1] Her first novel, Perfidie, was written in 1912 and released only in 1919, and dealt with a lesbian love.[1] She had her breakout in 1921 with Piccola, and was author of over 40 books, which in total sold over one million copies.[1] and starting from her first novel often dealt with taboo themes, such as lesbian
she was also author of essays, short stories, stage comedies, children books and collections of aphorisms.[1]
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Sorgi, Marcello (11 October 2022). Mura: La scrittrice che sfidò Mussolini (in Italian). Marsilio. ISBN 978-88-297-1779-8.
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