Deledda

[ de-led-dah ]

noun

1. Gra·zia [grah, -tsyah], 1875–1936, Italian novelist.

Deledda

/ deˈlɛdda /

noun

1. DeleddaGrazia18751936FItalianWRITING: novelist Grazia (ˈɡrattsja). 1875–1936, Italian novelist, noted for works, such as La Madre (1920), on peasant life in Sardinia: Nobel prize for literature 1926

Example Sentences

One school of thought cites the translation of su filindeu by Italian writer Grazia Deledda, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1926, into the “threads of God.”

From Washington Post

Nuoro was home to the Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda, whose novels Lawrence so admired, but her modest birthplace was closed.

From New York Times

One knows from Grazia Deledda's books.

From Project Gutenberg

I am thinking that this is the home of Grazia Deledda, the novelist, and I see a barber's shop.

From Project Gutenberg

Donna Grazia Deledda, Italian authoress of Sardinian tales, received the 1927 literature award.

From Time Magazine Archive