Corti, Maria (1915–2002)
Corti, Maria (1915–2002)
Italian novelist and literary critic. Born 1915 in Milan, Italy; died Feb 22, 2002.
Was a professor of Italian at University of Pavia; fiction includes L'ora di tutti (1962), Il ballo dei sapienti (1966), and Il canto delle sirene (1989); criticism includes Metodi e fantasmi (1969), Dante a un nuovo crocevia (1981), and Percorsi dell'invenzione (1993). Awarded Premio della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri per la Letteratura (1990).
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