Natalia Ginzburg

Natalia Ginzburg
Natalia Ginzburg
	Ginzburg in 1956
Born	Natalia Levi; 14 July 1916; Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died	7 October 1991 (aged 75); Rome, Lazio, Italy
Resting place	Campo Verano, Rome
Pen name	Alessandra Tornimparte
Occupation	Writer
Language	Italian
Alma mater	University of Turin
Genres	Novels; short stories; essays;
Notable works	Family Sayings; The Advertisement;
Notable awards	1963 ; Strega Prize Family Sayings ; ; 1984 ; Bagutta Prize La famiglia Manzoni ; ; (See more below);
Spouses	; Leone Ginzburg (m. 1938; died 1944) ; Gabriele Baldini (m. 1950; died 1969)
Children	5, including Carlo Ginzburg
Parents	Giuseppe Levi (father)
Relatives	Margherita Sarfatti (second cousin); Silvio Tanzi (uncle); Drusilla Tanzi (aunt); Eugenio Tanzi (granduncle); Lisa Ginzburg (granddaughter);
Signature
	Official portrait
Deputy of the Italian Republic
	In office; 12 July 1983 – 7 October 1991
Constituency	Turin–Novara–Vercelli (1983–1987); Perugia–Terni–Rieti (1987–1991)
Personal details
Party	Italian Communist Party (1930s); Independent (1983–1991)
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Natalia Levi Ginzburg (Italian: [nataˈliːa ˈlɛːvi ˈɡintsburɡ, - ˈɡin(d)zburɡ]; later Levi Baldini; née Levi; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and the United States.

An activist, for a time in the 1930s she belonged to the Italian Communist Party. In 1983, she was elected to Parliament from Rome as an independent politician.