Anna Banti (1895–1985)
Author of Artemisia
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Works by Anna Banti
Monet (Arte Garzanti) 4 copies
Le mosche d'oro 3 copies
Da un paese vicino 2 copies
Le monache cantano 1 copy
Velazquez 1 copy
*ANY 1 copy
Campi elisi: racconti 1 copy
Banti Anna (Lucia Lopresti) 1 copy
La casa piccola : romanzo 1 copy
Lavinia Disparue 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Longhi Lopresti, Lucia
- Other names
- Banti, Anna (pseudonym)
- Birthdate
- 1895-06-27
- Date of death
- 1985-09-02
- Burial location
- Cimitero degli Allori, Florence, Italy
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Florence, Italy
- Place of death
- Ronchi di Massa, Italy
- Places of residence
- Florence, Italy
Rome, Italy
Bologna, Italy
Massa, Italy - Education
- University of Rome
University of Bologna - Occupations
- art historian
novelist
translator
biographer
literary editor - Organizations
- Paragone [journal]
- Awards and honors
- Antonio Feltrinelli prize
1972 Bagutta Prize
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Reviews
Artemisia (Five Star Paperback) by Anna Banti
Banti's historical fiction about the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi is a wonderfully creative take on the genre, being both biographical (of Banti's house fire which destroyed her original writings) and fictional novel (of Artimisia's personal journeys as a painter in Italy and England). The story of the artist is enthralling, but it is brought to life through Banti's creative feminist narrative on a woman operating in, and excelling in, a man's world (something Banti shares with her subject).… (more)
I had to attempt to read this for my Women's Studies class. I was not a fan of the changing narrator and shifts in time. Thankfully we're done with it and moving on in class.
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- Works
- 29
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 329
- Popularity
- #72,116
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 37
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 1
