Deledda

American  

[de-led-dah] / dɛˈlɛd dɑ /

noun

1. Grazia 1875–1936, Italian novelist.

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Deledda British  

/ deˈlɛdda /

noun

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

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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 • Mar. 24, 2022

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

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014

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

From Time Magazine Archive

LA GRAZIA, dramma pastorale in tre   atti di G. Deledda, G. Guastalla,   V. Michetti.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)