Elsa Morante

Elsa Morante (18 August 1912 – 25 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History).

works:

- Il gioco segreto (“The Secret Game”, 1941)

- Menzogna e sortilegio (House Of Liars, 1948) won the prestigious Viareggio Prize

- L’isola di Arturo (Arturo’s Island, 1957) won the Strega Prize

- Alibi (1958)

- Le straordinarie avventure di Caterina (1959)

- Lo scialle andaluso (The Andalusian Shawl, 1963)

-Il Mondo Salvato dai Ragazzini (“The World Saved By Children”, 1968)

- La storia (History, 1974)

- Aracoeli (1982)