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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1926 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1870s (42) 1871 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, southern (30) Italy (19) Nuoro (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1936 (6) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, southern (27) Italy (14) Rome (5) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) D (26) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Roman Catholic (51) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 56 (23) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Europe (33) Europe, southern (20) Italy (20) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, southern (30) Italy (18) complete name: Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda nobel prize: literature award year: 1926 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 was awarded to Grazia Deledda "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts birth name: Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda given name: Grazia family name: Deledda occupation: prose occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: playwright occupation: novelist field of work: poetry notable work: Canne al vento notable work: The Mother description: Maria Grazia Cosima Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e. Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general". She was the first Italian woman to receive this honor. pronunciation: (Italian: [ˈɡrattsja deˈlɛdda]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1926/summary/> date birth: 1871 date death: 1936 usual name: Maria Deledda
