Margaret Mazzantini

Margaret Mazzantini (; born 27 October 1961) is an Italian-Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980 starring in the cult horror classic ''Antropophagus'', she has also appeared in television and theatre. As a successful writer, her novels include ''Non ti muovere'' (''Don't Move'') which was adapted into a film of the same name and is directed by her husband Sergio Castellitto and stars Penélope Cruz. Her career as a writer and actress has earned her several awards and nominations including Campiello Awards, a Golden Ticket Award, and a Goya Award.

Early life

Mazzantini was born in Dublin, Ireland to Carlo Mazzantini, an Italian writer and artist, and Anne Donnelly, an Irish artist. She has three sisters (one of whom is Giselda Volodi). She spent her childhood around Europe, Spain, and Tangier, until the family settled in Tivoli. In 1982 she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome.

Career

Acting career

Writing career

Personal life

She married Sergio Castellitto in 1987. They have four children, Pietro (b. 1992), Maria (b. 1997), Anna (b. 2001) and Cesare (b. 2006). She lives in Rome.

In 2003, she was awarded the title of Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on the initiative of the President of the Republic.

Filmography

Theatre

* 1982: ''Ifigenia di Goethe''
* 1983-1983: ''Venezia salvata di T.''
* 1984-1985: ''La tre sorelle di Cechov'' (''The Three Sisters of Cechov'')
* 1984-1985: ''L'onesto Jago di C.''
* 1984-1985: ''L'Alcade di Zalamea di Calderon de la Barca'' (''The Governor of Zalamea Calderon de la Barca'')
* 1985-1986: ''La Signora Giulia di Strindberg''
* 1986: ''Antigone di Sofocle''
* 1987: ''Faust di Goethe''
* 1987: ''Mon Faust di Paul Valéry''
* 1988: ''Bambino di Susan Sontag'' (''Child of Susan Sontag'')
* 1989: ''Praga Magica-Valeria'' (''Magic Prague-Valeria'')
* 1992-1993: ''A piedi nudi nel parco'' (''Barefoot in the Park'')
* 1994: ''Colpi bassi'' (''Low Blows'')

Works

* ''Il Catino Di Zinco'', Venezia : Marsilio Editori, 1994.
* ''Manola'', Milano : Mondadori, 1998.
* ''Non ti muovere'', Milano : Mondadori, 2001.
** translated into English by John Cullen ''Don't move'', London : Chatto & Windus, 2004.
** adapted as the film Non Ti Muovere (Don't Move), directed by Sergio Castellitto, released 2004
* ''Zorro. Un eremita sul marciapiede'', Milano : Mondadori, 2004.
* ''Venuto al mondo'', Mondadori, Milano 2008.
** translated into English by Ann Gagliardi ''Twice Born'', Oxford : Oneworld, 2011.
** adapted as the film Venuto al mondo, directed by Sergio Castellitto, released 2012
* ''Nessuno si salva da solo'', Milano : Mondadori, 2011,
* ''Mare al mattino'', Turino: Einaudi, 2011
* ''Splendore, Milano'', Mondadori, 2013.

Awards and nominations

* 1984: UBU Award - Best Young Actress
* 1985: Golden Mask IDI
* 1994: Golden Ticket Award
* 1994: Rapallo Carige Prize
* 1994: Campiello Prize Selection
* 2002: Rapallo Carige Prize
* 2002: Premio Strega
* 2002: Grinzane Cavor Prize
* 2002: Bari Award
* 2004: Boccaccio Prize
* 2005: Silver Ribbon - Best Screenplay (for '' Don't Move'' shared with Sergio Castellitto)
* 2009: Campiello Prize - for ''Come to the World''
* 2004: Nomination - David Award - Best Screenplay (for ''Don't Move'' shared with Sergio Castellitto)
* 2005: Nomination - CEC Award - Best Screenplay, adapted (for ''Don't Move'' shared with Sergio Castellitto)
* 2005: Nomination - Goya Award - Best Screenplay, adapted (for ''Don't Move'' shared with Sergio Castellitto)

References

External links

*
Margaretmazzantini.com

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Italian women writers
1961 births
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Living people
Writers from Dublin (city)
Strega Prize winners
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Irish people of Italian descent
Italian people of Irish descent
Premio Campiello winners