Giovanna Zangrandi (1910–1988) was an Italian novelist and Resistance fighter.

Works

Leggende delle Dolomiti (Legends of the Dolomites) (1950) I Brusaz (The Brusaz Family) (1954) Orsola nelle stagioni (Ursula in the Different Seasons) (1957) Il campo rosso (The Red Field) (1959) Tre signore (Three Ladies) (1960) I giorni veri, 1943–45 (The Real Days, 1943–45) (1963) Anni con Attila (Years with Attila) (1966) Il diario di Chiara (Chiara's Diary) (1972)

Giovanna Zangrandi

Further reading

Penny Morris, ‘A Woman’s Perspective: Autobiography and History in Giovanna Zangrandi’s Resistance Narratives’, in European Memories of the Second World War ed. H. Peitsch, C. Burdett, and C. Gorrara (New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1999), pp. 35–43 Penny Morris, ‘Giovanna Zangrandi: Negotiating Fascism’, Italian Studies LIII (1998), pp. 94–121

Giovanna Zangrandi

Sources

Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature

Italian resistance movement members

Italian women novelists

1910 births

1988 deaths

20th-century Italian women writers

20th-century Italian novelists

Giovanna Zangrandi