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Laudomia Bonanni (December 8, 1907 – February 21, 2002) was an Italian writer and journalist. Although she started publishing when she was a teenager, her literary career took off in 1948 when she won a national contest; she went on to be a prolific and award-winning author.〔Fausta Samaritani, “Nel salotto Bellonci nasce una scrittrice,” Inabruzzo.com, 11/8/2011〕 The Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale compared her realism to James Joyce’s ''Dubliners'', and other distinguished critics considered her one of the most important and original voices in Italy’s post-World War II literature.〔See the reviews collected by Pietro Zullino in ''La vita e l'opera di Laudomia Bonanni'' (Roma: edizione privata, 2002).〕 ==Biography== Laudomia Bonanni was born in 1907 in L’Aquila, the capital city of the mountainous Abruzzo region of Central Italy, located about 60 miles northeast of Rome. Her parents were Giovanni, a musician turned coal merchant, and Amelia Perilli, a primary school teacher.〔Gianfranco Giustizieri, "Io che ero una donna di domani" – ''In viaggio tra gli scritti di Laudomia Bonanni'' (L’Aquila: Edizioni del Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo, 2008), p.9.〕 They named her after a character in ''Niccoló de' Lapi'' (1841), a historical novel by Massimo D'Azeglio.〔Sandra Petrignani, ''Le signore della scrittura'' (Milano: La Tartaruga, 1984), pp.59-64.〕 After graduating from the Istituto magistrale in 1924, Bonanni taught in several village schools in the mountains around L’Aquila. She witnessed first-hand the hardships of village life before moving back to L'Aquila in 1930.〔Gianfranco Giustizieri, "Io che ero una donna di domani", p.11.〕 In 1927 Bonanni published her first collection of fiction, ''Storie tragiche della montagna, Novelle d’Abruzzo'' (''Tragic Stories from the Mountains: Novellas of the Abruzzo''), and some children's books. She continued to publish stories regularly and some collected works, but did not win national award recognition for her work until the post-World War II years. In 1927 Bonanni also started working for literary magazines and newspapers. She continued to work in journalism until 1983, publishing more than 1,300 articles.〔Gianfranco Giustizieri interviewed by Goffredo Palmerini in ''Laudomia Bonanni, una scrittrice senza tempo'', Abruzzo24ore.com, 9/15/2010.〕 She offered an extraordinary overview of contemporary society that displayed uncommon sensitivity to the problems of the lower classes. These writings reveal the extensive experience she gained over the years working as a consultant in the Juvenile Court in L’Aquila, where she served as a lay judge for nearly 20 years, between 1946-1964.〔Gianfranco Giustizieri, ''Laudomia scrittrice senza tempo – Secondo viaggio tra gli scritti di Laudomia Bonanni'' (Lanciano: Carabba, 2010), p.38.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laudomia Bonanni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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