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Women in literature - an Advent calendar
by Ludovica Daffini 5C lsu
MARY SHELLEY
She was a British writer and philosopher. We remember her mostly because of her masterpiece, Frankenstein, but ...
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MARGHERITA HACK
Paolo Veronesi referred to her saying that she was an icon of thought freedom and ...
19
SIBILLA ALERAMO
An enthusiastic Italian feminist, writer and poet, best known for her autobiographical introspections about the ...
9
ALDA MERINI
Regarding Alda Merini’s poetry, her style has been described as intense, passionate and mystic. It is influenced by ...
18
EMILY BRONTË
Emily Bronte was a British novelist and poet, who is known for her only novel, ...
24
ORIANA FALLACI
“The greatest revolution, in a country, is the one that changes women and their way ...
22
ANNE FRANK
The purity of a child and the everyday fear for what was happening in the Nazi Germany ...
7
RITA LEVI MONTALCINI
She discovered and identified the nerve fiber, for which she won the Nobel Prize ...
20
ADA GOBBETTI
“I see Ada as one of Italy’s first feminists”: that’s what one of Ada Gobbetti’s ...
10
MATILDE SERAO
She was the first woman who managed to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di ...
3
NADINE GORDIMER
Timeless fight for the transformation of South Africa into a country of equals: this is the pulsing ...
16
MOTHER TERESA
She founded a Catholic religious congregation and spent a lot of time in India caring for ...
5
ALESSANDRINA RAVIZZA
She established a vocational school for girls, some kitchens where poor and sick people could prepare their ...
14
HANNA ARENDT
She was a German historian and philosopher who wrote many political reflections. She has allowed the understanding ...
11
BANANA YOSHIMOTO
A Japanese author, who wrote many novels set in her home country.
The ...
1
GRAZIA DELEDDA
The rural and apparently simple reality of Sardinia proved to be able to reflect human passions and ...
13
LESLIE MARMON SILKO
“But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long ...
21
JANE AUSTEN
A delightful writer born in the XVIII century in England, whose books offer an insight on ...
12
AMANDA GORMAN
You may have heard about Amanda Groman’s participation at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, where ...
4
MARIA MADDALENA ROSSI
She was a communist, engaged in activities related to the anti-fascist battle, participated in the drafting ...
17
ERSILIA BRONZINI MAJNO
She was a very active woman in the fight for the Italian women's emancipation and she ...
8
EMILY DICKINSON
This exceptional writer is one of America’s greatest and most original poets. Through her ...
15
VIRGINIA WOOLF
English-born, feminist and totally critique on the Victorian social values and morality: these are the ...
23
TONI MORRISON
This unforgettable writer was able to synthesise the myths, the traditions, the every-day matters that black ...
6
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This calendar has ended. It started on the 1/1/2022 and lasted for 24 days.