Maria Tedeschi (born 14 November 1965) is an Italian writer and professor. She gained reputation for the publication of La trilogia delle rose and her nomination for the Nobel Prize.[1][2]

Maria Tedeschi
Born (1965-11-14) 14 November 1965 (age 58)
Naples, Italy
OccupationNovelist and linguist
LanguageItalian
NationalityItalian

Biography

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Early life

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Tedeschi is born on 14 November 1965 in Naples, Italy.[3]

Career

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Tedeschi has served as the student's internationalization and mobility point since she joined the faculty of English Language and Civilization at the Liceo Classico Plinio Seniore in Castellammare di Stabia, Pompeii.[2] She has overseen English-language public relations specifically with Eastern nations. She chose this mode of operation as her life philosophy and has been an ambassador of kindness for the Cor et Amor association in Ivrea for a number of years.[4] In addition to being appointed an honorary academic, she received the 2023 Career Award and the 2023 Literature Award from the Universum Academy University of Peace Switzerland.[1][4]

Her first published work was Non chiudere quella porta.[3] She then went on to write La Maiastra e le vite invisibili, which won the Italian Cultural Institute of Naples' 2021 edition of the International Literature Prize and earned a special mention from the technical jury of journalists and writers at Sanremo writers 2023.[1][4] La trilogia delle rose is considered as her penultimate work and was nominated for the Campiello Prize.[4] Her latest work Il donatore di sangue was published on 2023, a story that talks about love and hope, but also about an incredible legend.[5]

Recognition

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In 2024, Tedeschi was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Francesco Avolio, a linguistics professor at the University of L'Aquila.[1] He described her as an author who "managed to address, with a decisive and never trivial style, crucial themes for humanity."[1]

Personal life

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Tedeschi currently lives in Sant'Antonio Abate, Naples with her husband Aldo and two children Domenico and Maria Grazia.[2]

Publications

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  • Non chiudere quella porta (2020)
  • La Maiastra e le vite invisibili (2022)
  • La trilogia delle rose (2022)
  • Il donatore di sangue (2023)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Nobel per la Letteratura, scrittrice napoletana Maria Tedeschi proposta per la candidatura". Il Mattino (in Italian). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Vincenzo Fiore (13 May 2023). ""a tu per tu con..." Maria Tedeschi e i suoi romanzi". ScrepMagazine (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b Anna Pasquini (10 September 2021). "Incontro con l'autrice: Maria Tedeschi". Alessandria Today (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "La scrittrice napoletana Maria Tedeschi proposta al premio Nobel". Il Roma (in Italian). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ ""Il donatore di Sangue" il nuovo romanzo di Maria Tedeschi che parla d'amore e di speranza". Ottiche Parallele Magazine (in Italian). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.