Background
Goliarda Sapienza was born 10 May 1924 in Catania. Her mother was Maria Guidice, a prominent socialist, her father Peppino Sapienza, a socialist lawyer In 1941 she and her mother went to Rome, where she studied theatre.
Goliarda Sapienza was born 10 May 1924 in Catania. Her mother was Maria Guidice, a prominent socialist, her father Peppino Sapienza, a socialist lawyer In 1941 she and her mother went to Rome, where she studied theatre.
As a child, Goliarda Sapienza reenacted films she had seen in cinema. She worked as an actor in both films and plays, but from 1958 she focused on writing. Her now famous novel L’arte della gioia was finished in 1976 but rejected by publishers because of its length (over 700 pages) and its portrayal of a woman unrestrained by conventional morality and traditional feminine roles.
Goliarda Sapienza died 30 August 1996 in Gaeta.