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Goliarda Sapienza

Born

in Catania, Italy

May 10, 1924

Died

August 30, 1996

Genre

Fiction

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Goliarda Sapienza was an Italian actress and writer. Goliarda Sapienza was born 10 May 1924 in Catania. Her mother was Maria Guidice, a prominent socialist, her father Peppino Sapienza, a socialist lawyer. As a child, Goliarda Sapienza reenacted films she had seen in cinema. In 1941 she and her mother went to Rome, where she studied theatre. She worked as an actor in both films and plays, but from 1958 she focused on writing. Her now famous novel L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy) was finished in 1976 but rejected by publishers because of its length (over 700 pages) and its portrayal of a woman unrestrained by conventional morality and traditional feminine roles. It was first published by her husband Angelo Pellegrino after her death.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 15,432 ratings · 1,812 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	L'arte della gioia 4.11 avg rating — 10,564 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meeting in Positano: A Novel by Goliarda Sapienza, Brian Robert Moore (Translation) 3.85 avg rating — 1,306 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'università di Rebibbia 4.11 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettera aperta 3.96 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il filo di mezzogiorno 4.09 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Io, Jean Gabin by Goliarda Sapienza, Angelo Pellegrino (Foreword) 4.04 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le certezze del dubbio by Goliarda Sapienza, Angelo Pellegrino (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancestrale 4.19 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destino coatto 3.61 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'arte della gioia - Prima parte by Goliarda Sapienza, Donatella Finocchiaro (Narrator) 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mai rifiutarsi di vedere i lati sgradevoli della vita; non conoscendoli la realtà li ingigantisce nella fantasia trasformandoli in incubi incontrollabili.”
― Goliarda Sapienza, L'arte della gioia

tags: arte, gioia, goliarda, sapienza

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“That's how the past came back... not with the same characters, like in novels, but with new ones that trigger the memory of fears that haven't been expunged. And that was very dangerous. I mustn't try to forget the past, as I had thought[...]; instead I should remember it all, so I could keep it under control and use it to strengthen myself against the new experiences that surely lay in wait.”
― Goliarda Sapienza, The Art Of Joy

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“A centuries-old message from my depths, it warned me to guard against myself, and go running in the sun.”
― Goliarda Sapienza, The Art Of Joy

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