Vivian Lamarque

Vivian Lamarque (born in 1946) is an Italian poet and translator, born Vivian Daisy Donata Provera Pellegrinelli Comba. She has translated La Fontaine, Valéry, Prévert, and Baudelaire and has written for the newspaper Corriere della Sera since 1992. Her first book of poetry, Teserino, won the Viareggio Prize for debut works in 1981, and she has won numerous prizes since. She has published eleven volumes of poetry and numerous short stories, and the majority of her poetry is collected in her Poesie 1972–2002 (Oscar Mondadori). (Photo credit: Città del Monte)