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Deledda, Grazia
(1871-1936) Italian writer. Grazia Deledda's novels depict vividly the life in Sardinia. In 1926, she received the Nobel prize for Literature "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general."
Grazia Deledda
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Grazia Deledda (1871-1936)
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Grazia Deledda - Autobiography for Nobel Prize
She writes: "I was born in the little town of Nuoro in Sardinia in 1871. My father was a fairly well-to-do landowner who farmed his own land."
Nobel Prize for Literature - 1926
The Presentation begins: "The Swedish Academy has awarded the Nobel Prize of 1926 to the Italian author Grazia Deledda."