1. Dacia Maraini has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'eta del malessere ; the Fregene Prize for Isolina ; the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria ; and the Premio Strega for Buio.
Dacia Maraini is the daughter of Sicilian Princess Topazia Alliata di Salaparuta, an artist and art dealer, and of Fosco Maraini, a Florentine ethnologist and mountaineer of mixed Ticinese, English and Polish background who wrote in particular on Tibet and Japan.
Dacia Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels.
Much of Dacia Maraini's writing was affected by her parents and the roles they played in her life.
Dacia Maraini grew up with an adventurous father and a mother who was always burdened and, in addition to this, read books in which only men would go on quests and journeys.
Dacia Maraini married Lucio Pozzi, a Milanese painter, but they separated after four years.
Dacia Maraini then became Alberto Moravia's companion, living with him from 1962 until 1983.
Dacia Maraini directed L'amore coniugale from 1969 to 1973, her only feature film.
In 1976 Dacia Maraini directed the films Mio padre amore mio, Aborto: parlano le donne, Le ragazze di Capoverde and Ritratti di donne africane, a three part series.
Dacia Maraini's writing in film includes the screenplay for L'eta del malessere, the screenplay for Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It, a script collaboration for Arabian Nights, the documentary Aborto: Parlano le donne, the screenplay for the TV Movie documentary Abrami in Africa, the TV series documentary Ritratti di donne africane, the screenplay for The Story of Piera, and the screenplay for La bocca.
Dacia Maraini has begun acting, recently appearing in Io sono nata viaggiando and narrating Caro Paolo.
Dacia Maraini appeared as herself in The Many Women of Fassbinder, Midnight Journal, Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani, Kulturzeit, and Tutte le storie di Piera.
Dacia Maraini is a prolific and well-known writer who continues to produce works today.
Dacia Maraini's criticism is based on the expectations she has of her country; the more intellectuals try to be critical of their country, the more they want to see it function well.
Furthermore, the interview focuses on Dacia Maraini's meaning of being a writer and a critic.
Dacia Maraini underwent "a process of evolution in ideology" divided into two forms; one that outlines the individual's close relationships with reality and the other based on motivation to further the cause of women's rights.