Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda, also known in Sardinian language as Gràssia or Gràtzia 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 the prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.
Sardinian or Sard is a Romance language spoken by the Sardinians on the Western Mediterranean island of Sardinia.
Fabio Maniscalco was an Italian archaeologist, specialist about the protection of cultural property and essayist.
The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary prize that is awarded annually to Italian writers. The prize originated among patrons of Milan's Bagutta Ristorante. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli discovered the restaurant and soon he regularly gathered numerous friends who would dine there together and discuss books. They began charging fines to the person who arrived last to an appointed meal, or who failed to appear.
Gerolamo Araolla, also known as Hieronimu Araolla, was a Sardinian poet and priest.
The Sardinians, or Sards, are a Romance language-speaking ethnic group native to Sardinia, from which the western Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy derives its name.
Giulio Angioni was an Italian writer and anthropologist.
The literature of Sardinia is the literary production of Sardinian authors, as well as the literary production generally referring to Sardinia as argument, written in various languages.
Salvatore Mannuzzu was an Italian writer, politician, and magistrate.
Alberto Capitta is an Italian writer.
Flavio Soriga is an Italian writer.
Sardinian Literary Spring is a definition of the whole body of the literature produced in Sardinia from around the 1980s onwards.
Valeria Fabrizi is an Italian actress, singer and television personality.
Assandira is a novel by Giulio Angioni, published in 2004 by Sellerio.
Milena Agus is an Italian author from Sardinia. She is one of the leading novelists in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia.
Salvatore Satta was an Italian jurist and writer. He is famous for the novel The Day of Judgment (1975), and for several important studies on civil law.
The Byzantine age in Sardinian history conventionally begins with the island's reconquest by Justinian I in 534. This ended the Vandal dominion of the island after about 80 years. There was still a substantial continuity with the Roman phase at this time. The invasion of Italy by the Longobards in 568, which changed the face of Italy, only resulted in a few coastal raids on Sardinia.
Guido Ceronetti was an Italian poet, philosopher, novelist, translator, journalist and playwright. He was born in Turin, Italy.
Jean-Luc Servino is an Italian director, writer, screenwriter and cinematographer, best known in the independent circuits for his shorts, winning several awards, including the Culver City Film Festival, the Eurasia International Film Festival for Best Director and Los Angeles Film Awards for Best Cinematographer.
