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Elsa Morante

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Italian novelist (1912–1985), author of L'Isola di Arturo and La Storia.

L'Isola di Arturo won the Premio Strega (1957). La Storia was published in 1974. Elsa Morante is a prominent mid-20th-century Italian novelist.

Two reader reviews discuss Elsa Morante's portraits of childhood and historical trauma in L'Isola di Arturo and La Storia. Themes highlighted include solitude, father–son relationships, innocence, and the effects of war. Both reviews praise Morante's vivid, compassionate prose.

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