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Luciana Castellina

Born 1929 · Italy

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Strega 2011 · Shortlist

    Discovery of the World

    La scoperta del mondo

    Luciana Castellina · 82 when first published

    Nonfiction · 194 pages · Politics, Coming of age, War

    AI-generated summary:In July 1943 a Roman schoolgirl's tennis match with Mussolini's daughter is cut short by the dictator's arrest. Her diary from fourteen to eighteen follows her path through war and liberation to the Communist Party.