Diana Cavallo

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Diana Cavallo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 2017(2017-06-17) (aged 85)
Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
SpouseKarl Hagedorn (1922–2005)

Diana Cavallo (1931-2017) was an American novelist, educator, playwright, and performer.

Biography

Early life and education

Cavallo was born in Philadelphia in 1931, the daughter of Genuino and Josephine (Petraca) Cavallo. She grew up in an Italian neighborhood of

Phi Beta Kappa Society.[1]

Career

After graduation, Cavallo worked for a year at the

MacDowell Colony fellowship, the novel depicts a young man's rite of passage to adulthood. She published a nonfiction book, The Lower East Side: A Portrait in Time, in 1971. Her short stories and other writings have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, including Helen Barolini's The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women (1985).[1]

After teaching in public schools in Philadelphia and

Queens College. From 1969 to 1973, she taught literature and creative writing at the University of Pisa as a Fulbright teaching fellow.[3] Starting in 1980, she taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Cavallo wrote fictionalized essays about the neighborhood where she grew up, and performed them as monologues on stages in South Philadelphia.[2] Her one-act play, Family Album, won a competition held by the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia in 2011 and was performed there to a large audience; the play is about two sisters who become involved in controversy after one of them writes a book about their father's suicide.[4]

Personal life

Cavallo was married to the German-American artist Karl Hagedorn (1922–2005). She died in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780313330605
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  2. ^ a b c "Diana Cavallo Obituary". Philly.com. July 10, 2017. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. ISBN 0-8052-3972-3
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  4. ^ "Third Annual One-Act Play Contest 2013". Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia. January 25, 2013.

Further reading

External links

Diana Cavallo in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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