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Bianca Pitzorno

Born

in Sassari, Italy

August 12, 1942

Website

http://www.biancapitzorno.it/

Genre

Children's Books, Contemporary

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Bianca Pitzorno (Sassari, 1942) è una scrittrice, autrice televisiva e traduttrice italiana. Celebre soprattutto come autrice di romanzi per ragazzi, dal 2000 è anche ambasciatrice UNICEF.

Born in 1942, she's an Italian writer and screenwriter specialized in children literature.

She graduated in Classic Literature, with a thesis on Prehistoric Archeology. For seven years she worked as a responsible for cultural children’s television programmes for the Italian public television (RAI). She also worked as an archeologist, theatre writer, screenwriter, lyricist and teacher.

From 1970 to 2011 she published many assays and novels, for both kids and adults, translated in many countries all over Europe, America and Asia. She translated Tolkien, Sylvia ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 26,790 ratings · 1,888 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno, Brigid Maher (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 7,322 ratings — published 2018 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ascolta il mio cuore 4.40 avg rating — 3,280 ratings — published 1991 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La bambinaia francese 4.20 avg rating — 1,800 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sortilegi 3.61 avg rating — 1,890 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polissena del Porcello by Bianca Pitzorno, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 959 ratings — published 1993 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'incredibile storia di Lavinia by Bianca Pitzorno, Emanuela Bussolati (illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 887 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diana, Cupìdo e il Commendatore by Bianca Pitzorno, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 835 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tornatrás by Bianca Pitzorno, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streghetta mia by Bianca Pitzorno, Lauretta Feletig (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speciale Violante 3.93 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Saga di Lossai (5 books)
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Speciale Violante (2 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,232 ratings

Gli amici di Sherlock (12 books)
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Il manuale del giovane scrittore creativo (2 books)
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3.96 avg rating — 90 ratings

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“[Mo] sapeva che a Caterina, Cecilia e Maria, quando avessero messo piede su Deneb, nessuno avrebbe chiesto di compilare un modulo sbarrando la F. e non la M. per relegarle di conseguenza in uno scompartimento di seconda categoria.”
― Bianca Pitzorno, Extraterrestre alla pari

tags: double-standards, empowerment, equality, gender, independence, opportunities, social-norms, women

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“Prisca faceva il morto nell'acqua limpida come cristallo e strizzava gli occhi per guardare il cielo, diviso esattamente a metà dalla striscia bianca di un aeroplano.”
― Bianca Pitzorno, Ascolta il mio cuore

tags: cielo, infanzia, mare

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“A 13 anni, è risaputo, una femmina è una ragazza in fiore, una giovane donna nel pieno splendore della maturità, mentre un maschio è un lattante goffo e ridicolo che deve soltanto girare alla larga. L’unica dota apprezzabile in lui è quella di saper star al suo posto. Cioè fuori dai piedi.”
― Bianca Pitzorno, Speciale Violante

tags: 13-anni, giovani-donne, ragazze

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