Awarded Premio Letteratura Ragazzi di Cento (2021).
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Gianni Rodari
Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contribution as a children's author, he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970. He is considered Italy's most important 20th-century children's author, and his books have been translated into many language…
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culture · Italian writer and journalist (1920–1980) · writer · pedagogue · journalist · screenwriter · poet · educator · lyricist · children's writer · also Gianni Rodari, Giovanni Rodari, Benelux, Rodari
Born 23 October 1920 · Died 14 April 1980 · Q193018
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1980· 1 entry
Died 1980-04-14.
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1979· 1 entry
After another trip to the Soviet Union, his health, never very robust, declined, and his productivity diminished
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1973· 1 entry
Composed by Karen Khachaturian and choreographed by Henrich Mayorov
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1970· 2 entries
Awarded Hans Christian Andersen Award (1970).
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Received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for children's literature, which gained him a wide international reputation as the best modern children's writer in Italian
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1957· 1 entry
Rodari passed the exam to become a professional journalist
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1953· 1 entry
Married Maria Teresa Feretti, who four years later gave birth to their daughter, Paola
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1952· 1 entry
Travelled for the first time to the Soviet Union, which he frequented thereafter
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1951· 1 entry
Rodari published his first books, Il Libro delle Filastrocche and Il Romanzo di Cipollino
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1950· 1 entry
The Party installed him as editor of the new weekly children's magazine Il Pioniere in Rome
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1948· 1 entry
As a journalist for the Communist periodical L'Unità, he began writing books for children
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1944· 1 entry
And participated in the Italian resistance movement
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1939· 1 entry
For a short time, Rodari attended the Catholic University of Milan
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-10-23.
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