Born in Lucca, the daughter of the jurist Giuseppe, a noted translator of Pushkin into Italian Pera started her own writing career in 1992, with the short stories collection La bellezza dell'asino ("The Beauty of the Donkey"). She got international notoriety with her 1995 novel Lo's Diary (Italian: Diario di Lo), a retelling of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita from the point of view of the female title character.[1] In later years she specialized in novels connected to her passion for gardening.[2]
Pera was also a translator of Russian novels and an essayist. She was a professor of Russian literature at the University of Trento.[3] Her last work was the semi-autobiographic novel Al giardino ancora non l’ho detto ("I haven't told my garden yet").[2]
pera, march, 1956, july, 2016, italian, novelist, essayist, translator, born12, march, 1956lucca, italydied26, july, 2016, aged, lucca, italyoccupationwriterborn, lucca, daughter, jurist, giuseppe, noted, translator, pushkin, into, italian, pera, started, writ. Pia Pera 12 March 1956 26 July 2016 was an Italian novelist essayist and translator Pia PeraBorn12 March 1956Lucca ItalyDied26 July 2016 aged 60 Lucca ItalyOccupationWriterBorn in Lucca the daughter of the jurist Giuseppe a noted translator of Pushkin into Italian Pera started her own writing career in 1992 with the short stories collection La bellezza dell asino The Beauty of the Donkey She got international notoriety with her 1995 novel Lo s Diary Italian Diario di Lo a retelling of Vladimir Nabokov s novel Lolita from the point of view of the female title character 1 In later years she specialized in novels connected to her passion for gardening 2 Pera was also a translator of Russian novels and an essayist She was a professor of Russian literature at the University of Trento 3 Her last work was the semi autobiographic novel Al giardino ancora non l ho detto I haven t told my garden yet 2 Pera died at 60 years old of motor neuron disease 2 References Edit Peter Bondanella Andrea Ciccarelli 31 July 2003 The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel Cambridge University Press 2003 ISBN 1139826107 a b c Emanuele Trevi 26 July 2016 Addio alla scrittrice Pia Pera il suo giardino oltre le parole Corriere della Sera Retrieved 28 July 2016 Redazione 27 July 2016 Addio a Pia Pera scrittrice e giardiniera La Nuova Sardegna Retrieved 28 July 2016 This biographical article about an Italian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pia Pera amp oldid 1133162827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
