Muzi Epifani
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| Born | Maria Luisa Gabriella Epifani March 18, 1935 Benghazi, Italian Libya |
| Died | February 12, 1984 (aged 48) Rome, Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Heidelberg University |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Maria Luisa Gabriella Epifani, better known as Muzi Epifani (March 18, 1935 – February 12, 1984), was an Italian writer and poet.
Muzi Epifani was born in Benghazi, Libya. She studied literature and philosophy at the Heidelberg University and the University of Rome La Sapienza, where she obtained a degree in aesthetics under the supervision of Emilio Garroni. She was particularly influenced by the Hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and the anthropological thought of Ernesto de Martino, whose missions she worked on in Lucania and Salento. During her studies at La Sapienza, she met Alex Duran (to whom she dedicated her novel Pazzi & creature), Gabriele Giannantoni, Enzo Siciliano, and Franco Voltaggio.
Epifani was one of the first Italian writers to develop a distinctive style of female writings alongside Natalia Ginzburg, Luce d'Eramo, Dacia Maraini, , Gabriella Sobrino, and Angiola Sacripante. She was a very attentive reader of English female writers such as Katherine Mansfield and, above all, Virginia Woolf.
She collaborated with various newspapers, such as "l'Unità", "l'Avanti!", "". She was considered an environmental activist and "Il Globo" published her own innovative column on the protection of the Italian landscape and environment entitled "Article 9", in reference to the Constitution of the Republic of Italy ("The Republic promotes the development of culture and scientific and technological research, providing safeguard of the landscape and historical and artistic heritage on the Nation"). Epifani also worked as a journalist for RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company, in the fields of theatre and literature.
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