External links
- Works by Silvana Grasso, on Open Library, Internet Archive.
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Silvana Grasso (Macchia di Giarre, 3 June 1952) is an Italian writer.
Grasso was born in Macchia di Giarre, where she currently lives and works as a philologist, writer, and critic for Tuttolibri , La Sicilia, and la Repubblica (Palermo edition).
Her books have been translated into English, Greek, German, Danish; while her plays have been performed in several Italian cities, and in France and Spain. She was an assessor for the Beni Culturali for the Comune di Catania (2007–2008), where she carried out the project "Una cultura da Castello", aimed at bringing attention to and renovating the Castello Ursino.
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