Anna Sarfatti

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Anna Sarfatti (born 1950) is an Italian writer of children's books.

Biography

Sarfatti was born in Florence. She has taught in nursery and primary school for many years. Some of her books have been written in order to help children become conscious of their rights and duties as citizens. The one which has become the most popular in schools is La Costituzione raccontata ai bambini.

Also Fulmine un cane coraggioso, a tale of a dog and his owner during the

Fascist regime in Italy (1938–1945), have found a large audience among teachers and school children. Both were written with the historian Michele Sarfatti.[1][clarification needed
]

Anna Sarfatti has been in contact with the "Anna Meyer" Children's Hospital in Florence, collaborating in their project to make children feel happier in hospital and not being frightened of their health problems (see the book Guai a chi mi chiama passerotto! I diritti dei bambini in ospedale).

Two short stories for adults have been published in Decameron 2013, published by Felici 2013.

Selected works

Translations

Anna Sarfatti has also concentrated her work on Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as

Giunti Editore
:

Other translations:

  • I gatti di Copenhagen (The Cats of Copenhagen) by James Joyce, Giunti 2012[7]
  • Re Valdo e il Drago (King Jack and the Dragon) by Peter Bently e Helen Oxenbury, Il Castoro 2015[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pubblicazioni (in Italian). Michele Sarfatti (michelesarfatti.it). Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. ^ Award Bitritto 2002: "Letteratura per l'Infanzia". Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ Awars Salute Apuane 2005–2006: http://www.meyer.it/lay_not.php?IDNotizia=4362&IDCategoria=756
  4. ^ Award Colette Rosselli 2009: http://www.fondazionemontanelli.it/sito/pagina.php?IDarticolo=121
  5. ^ "Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss Gli Snicci e altre storie by Dr. Seuss traduzione di Anna Sarfatti" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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  7. ^ "James Joyce e 'I gatti di Copenhagen', una fiaba surreale e anarchica scritta per il nipote Stephen". 16 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Consumatrici.it - Tutto sui consumi e non solo".

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