Italian Women Writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/category/contemporary-women-writers/italian-women-writers/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:37:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Viviana Mazza: Interview with an Italian Journalist https://booksbywomen.org/viviana-mazza-interview-with-an-italian-journalist/ https://booksbywomen.org/viviana-mazza-interview-with-an-italian-journalist/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:38:21 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=7966 We met Italian Journalist Viviana Mazza on Twitter, when researching the difficult story of Fakhra Younas, a Pakistani woman who was attacked with acid, and taken in by Italy where she underwent countless surgeries until she ended her life March 17, 2012. Viviana helped us connect with Elena Doni, the author of Fakhra’s memoir, a best […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/viviana-mazza-interview-with-an-italian-journalist/feed/ 3 7966 Murder by Moonlight https://booksbywomen.org/murder-by-moonlight-a-guest-post-by-sandra-carrington-smith/ https://booksbywomen.org/murder-by-moonlight-a-guest-post-by-sandra-carrington-smith/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:00:32 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=5012 My name is Sandra, and I am a professional killer. However, I don’t spend all of my time killing people; during the day I am a mother of three, a wife, a writer, a philanthropist, and even a part-time librarian at my son’s school. But when the sun goes down, I shed my daytime persona, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/murder-by-moonlight-a-guest-post-by-sandra-carrington-smith/feed/ 11 5012 Honoring Literary Fiction Author Camilla Trinchieri https://booksbywomen.org/honoring-us-literary-fiction-author-camilla-trinchieri/ https://booksbywomen.org/honoring-us-literary-fiction-author-camilla-trinchieri/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:23:31 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4885 As writers, each of us has a writer, or several,  who has made a difference in our lives. Writers we admired. Writers who have mentored us, friended us, sent an encouraging note. Or, from a distance, simply and deeply moved us  with their work. Literary fiction author, Camilla Trinchieri, is one of those writers for […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/honoring-us-literary-fiction-author-camilla-trinchieri/feed/ 0 4885 Italian Author Elena Doni: Writing Fakhra Younas’ Life Story https://booksbywomen.org/italian-author-elena-doni-writing-fakhra-younas-life-story/ https://booksbywomen.org/italian-author-elena-doni-writing-fakhra-younas-life-story/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:12:41 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4399 Backstory. The memoir, “Il volto cancellato” by Fakhra Younas with Elena Doni, is the story of a Pakistani woman who started life in Karachi’s red light district, became famous as a dancer and movie star, and then was unspeakably disfigured by an acid attack. Fakhra married her “prince”, the son of the former governor of Pakistan’s […]

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