page_title: Dacia Maraini
section_title: Maraini's relationship with Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Dacia Maraini / Maraini's relationship with Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Maraini reading her own work (La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa ) at at workshop on Women Italian Writers, organized by the Italian Studies Program at the University of Connecticut.
context_page_description: Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women’s issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere; the Premio Fregene for Isolina; the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa; and the Premio Strega for Buio. In 2013,
  Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.
context_section_description: In an interview with Monica Seger, Dacia Maraini stated that, despite her attachment to Italy and its culture, she does not feel like a cultural ambassador. Very often, she tries to analyze her country critically since being able to view the world through critical eyes is one of the duties of an intellectual. Her 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. As an intellectual, Maraini tries "to illuminate, to persuade other people of what could be changed in a country that has possibility, a great country, a country of great people that have done great things"  because she wants "to persuade Italians that [they] can do better".
caption: Dacia Maraini's reading at the University of Connecticut, on March 11, 2019. Maraini traveled extensively in New England, lecturing at local Colleges and Universities.
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