Jeanne Bonner

Jeanne Bonner is a writer and journalist based in Connecticut. She is the 2018 winner of the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature, given by PEN America. Her essays have been published by The New York Times, CNN Travel and Catapult. She studied Italian literature at Wesleyan University and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College.

Will a Woman Writer Win Italy’s Strega Prize This Year?

Since First Awarded in 1947, Only 10 Women Have Won It

July 2, 2018 By Jeanne Bonner

Where Are the Great Italian Women Writers?

Jeanne Bonner Visits the Salone del Libro to Look Beyond Ferrante

June 7, 2017 By Jeanne Bonner

10 Italian Books by Women We’d Love to See in English

Reading Beyond Elena Ferrante

June 3, 2016 By Jeanne Bonner

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