Bianca Pitzorno
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Bianca Pitzorno (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbjaŋka pitˈtsorno]; born 12 August 1942) is an Italian writer best known for her books for children and young adults. She is considered one of Italy's most important authors in that field.[1][2]
She was born in Sassari. She studied archaeology and classical literature and then began a career producing programs for television. She began writing books for girls when she was 28. She also writes plays, screenplays and lyrics for songs. Pitzorno lives and works in Milan.[3]
During the 1970s, she was head of children's programming for RAI television. Later, she worked on the children's television series ("The blue tree").[2]
Her books have been translated into many languages including French, German, Spanish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Korean and Japanese.[4] Her children's stories blend contemporary reality with elements of magic.[5]
She has translated into Italian works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Sylvia Plath, David Grossman, Tove Jansson and .[6]
Pitzorno is a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador. She helped establish a library project in Cuba which makes literature in Italian and literature translated from Italian available to Cuban children. She also helps provide Cuban literature translated into Italian to youth in Italy.[3]
Awards[]
- dell’Infanzia
- Premio Castello di Sanguinetto[4]
- Cento Prize[7]
- finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award[4]
Selected works[]
- Clorofilla dal cielo blu ("Chlorophyll from a blue sky") (1974), also adapted for film
- ("The incredible story of Lavinia") (1985)
- La bambola dell'alchimista ("The alchemist's doll") (1988)
- ("Listen to my heart") (1991)
- ("My little witch") (1997)
- ("The secret voice") (1998)
- Una scuola per Lavinia ("A school for Lavinia") (2005)
References[]
- ^ "In libreria "Le storie di Bianca Pitzorno", ragazza di 70 anni". La Nuova (in Italian). August 9, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Zipes, Jack (2015). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. p. 768. ISBN 978-0191004162.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bianca Pitzorno: Italy ★ Author". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bianca Pitzorno - Finalist". IBBY. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: G-P. p. 747. ISBN 978-0313334436.
- ^ "Bianca Pitzorno". Ute Körner.
- ^ "Anno 1988 - Edizione X" (in Italian). Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento.
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Italian women writers
- Italian children's writers
- Italian women children's writers
- Italian translators