Elsa Morante (August 18, 1918 - 25 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La Storia (History). She was born in Rome, but was only sporadically educated. She married the novelist Alberto Moravia in 1941, and through him she met many of the leading Italian thinkers and writers of the day. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... Alberto Moravia ( November 28, 1907 - September 26, 1990; born Alberto Pincherle) was one of the leading Italian novelists in the 20th century. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Morante began writing short stories which appeared in various publications. Her first book was a collection of some of the stories, Il Gioco Segreto, published in 1941. It was followed in 1942 by a children's book, La Belissime Avventure di Cateri Dalla Trecciolina (rewritten in 1959 as Le Straordinarie Avventure Caterina). This article is in need of attention. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Basic Characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Towards the end of World War II, Morante fled to the area around Cassino. This portion of southern Italy figured in much of her later work. She began translating Katherine Mansfield during this period, and her later work shows much Mansfield influence. Following the war, Morante and Moravia met American translator William Weaver, who helped them to find an American audience. Her novel Menzogna e sortilegio was published in the United States as House of Liars in 1951. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Cassino is a card game for up to four players, which object is to score 21 points. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the called the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—called the target text, or the translation. ... This article is in need of attention. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Morante's next novel, L'Isola di Arturo, did not come out until 1960. Much of the work she had written in the meantime, she had destroyed, although she did publish a novella, The Andalusian Shawl, and a poem, The Adventure. Her next work, Il Mondo Salvato dai Ragazzini (a mix of poetry, songs and a play) did not appear until 1968. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A novella is a short, narrative, prose fiction work. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Morante and Moravia separated in 1961, but Morante continued to write, sporadically. La Storia, a story about Rome during World War II, appeared in 1974, to international acclaim. 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Incomplete Bibliography

• Il Gioco Secreto (The Secret Game)
• La Bellisme Avventure Di Cateri Dalla Trecciolina
• Menzogna e Sortilegio House Of Liars
• L'Isola di Arturo (Arturo's Island)
• Alibi
• Le Straordinarie Avventure di Caterina
• Lo Scialle Andaluso The Andalusian Shawl
• Il Mondo Salvato dai Ragazzini The World Saved By Little Children)
• La Storia (History
• Aracoeli
• Pro e Contro la Bomba Atomica
• Opere