Giulia Niccolai
Giulia Niccolai (21 December 1934 – 22 June 2021) was an Italian photographer, poet, novelist, and translator.[1]
Biography
The daughter of an
Gruppo 63.[1] She produced her first book of poetry Humpty Dumpty, written in English, in 1969. In 1970, with Adriano Spatola, she founded the poetry journal Tam Tam.[2]
Niccolai published her one and only novel Il grande angolo in 1966. In 1974, she published Poema & Oggetto, a collection of
Buddhist nun in 1990. In 1994, she published a collection of poems Frisbees--Poesie da lanciare, which won the Premio Feronia.[1]
Niccolai has also translated the works of American and English writers into Italian.[1]
Selected works
Poetry
- Greenwich (1971)
- Poema & Oggetto (1974, 2nd edition 2014)
- Substitution (1975) with Paul Vangelisti, Los Angeles: Red Hill Press. ASIN: B001NBIC64
- Facsimile (1976)
- Russky salad ballads & webster poems (1977)
- Harry's bar e altre poesie, 1969-1980 (1981) introduction by Giorgio Manganelli
- Frisbees. Poesie da Lanciare (1981)
- Orienti/Orients (2004)
- Le due sponde (2006) Archinto Publisher. ISBN 978-8877684578
- Poemi & Oggetti (2012) ed. by Milli Graffi, introduction by Stefano Bartezzaghi
- Frisbees della vecchiaia (2012) ISBN 978-8845612909
- Cos'è poesia (2015) Edizioni del Verri. ISBN 978-8890746567
- Pubblico & Privato (2016) bilingual introduction by Alessandro Giammei[3]
- Foto & Frisbee (2016) Oedipus Publisher ISBN 978-88-7341-246-5
Translations
- Prosper Mérimée La notte di San Bartolomeo (St. Bartholomew's Day massacre) (1975) with Adriano Spatola
- Gertrude Stein La storia geografica dell'America, o Il rapporto della natura umana con la mente umana (The Geographical History of America, or, The Relation of Human Nature to the Human Mind) (1980)
- Dylan Thomas Il mio Natale nel Galles (1981)
- Beatrix Potter Le favole di Ludovico Coniglio (1981)
- Alexander Sutherland NeillLa nuvola verde (The last man alive,: A story for children from the age of seven to seventy) (1981)
- Virginia Woolf La La vedova e il pappagallo: una storia vera (The Widow and the Parrot) (1984)
- Angela Carter Gatto Marino e re Drago (Sea-Cat and Dragon King) (2000)[3]
Others
- La nave nel prato (The Ship in the Fields) (1972), children's literature
- Esoterico biliardo, memoir, ISBN 978-8877683106 [3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Giulia Niccolai (1934-)". Italian Women Writers. University of Chicago.
- ^ ISBN 1135455309.
- ^ a b c "Editions of Works". Italian Women Writers. University of Chicago.