Maria Luisa Spaziani

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Maria Luisa Spaziani


Born
in Turin, Italy
June 21, 1923

Died
June 30, 2014


Maria Luisa Spaziani (21 June 1923 – 30 June 2014) was an Italian poet.

Spaziani was born in Turin. At nineteen, she founded the review Il dado, working with collaborators such as Vasco Pratolini, Sandro Penna, and Vincenzo Ciaffi. Virginia Woolf sent her a chapter of her novel The Waves, autographed to Alla piccola direttrice (To the young editor). Spaziani did not contribute her own poems, however, feeling that they were not of sufficient quality.

In the 1950s Spaziani became involved with the poet Eugenio Montale (1896–1981). Montale encouraged Spaziani to write poetry, and was a significant influence in her early style. Maria Luisa Spaziani's first book of poetry, Le acque del sabato, appeared in 1954. Montale drew upon his affair with he
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“Ritentando d'uscir dal labirinto
contemplavo montagne, aprivo libri,
coglievo ombre fuggenti di bellezza.

Solo tu scioglieresti l'amarezza
ma sei balsamo e scure. E il resto è inerte,
e il mondo intero m'è fuoco dipinto.”
Maria Luisa Spaziani