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Elsa Morante

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Italian novelist (1912–1985)

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Elsa Morante was an Italian author who lived from 1912 to 1985. Her literary output included 37 works, with notable titles such as *History*, *Storia*, *La storia*, *Arturo's Island*, and *Opere*. She is identified as a person associated with Italy.

Her bibliography is documented across various databases, including Crossref, which lists five of her works, and Europeana, which records two. Morante has been referenced by 214 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, her name appears in music databases, where she is associated with 33 listeners and a total of 70 plays.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1912
Died
1985
Works
37

Top works

  • History
  • Storia
  • La storia
  • Arturo's Island
  • Opere

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IT
Active from
1912-08-18
Active to
1985-11-25

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
33
Total plays
70

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elsa+Morante">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Elsa Morante

Key facts

Born
( 1912-08-18 ) 18 August 1912, Rome, Italy
Died
25 November 1985 (1985-11-25) (aged 73), Rome, Italy
Occupation
Novelist
Notable works
La storia (History)
Notable awards
Viareggio Prize (1948), Strega Prize (1957)
Spouse
Alberto Moravia ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ) ​

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elsa
Gender
female
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
prose writer
Languages spoken
Italian
Notable work
History
Field of work
poetry
Image
Moravia & Morante.jpg
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manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1912-08-18
date of death
1985-11-25
Commons category
Elsa Morante
cause of death
myocardial infarction
writing language
Italian
medical condition
depression
name in native language
Elsa Morante
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Elsa Morante, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Elsa Morante ( pronounced [ˈelsa moˈrante, ˈɛl-]; 18 August 1912 – 25 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and children's books author. Her novel La storia (History) is included in the Bokklubben World Library List of 100 Best Books of All Time.

Life and career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elsa Morante” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.