Madeleine St John

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Madeleine St John (Sydney, 12 novembre 1941 – Londra, 18 giugno 2006) è stata una scrittrice australiana.

Biografia

Madeleine St John nasce il 12 novembre 1941 a Castlecrag, un sobborgo di Sydney, dal barrister Edward St John e dalla francese Sylvette Cargher^[1].

Dopo una tragica giovinezza (la madre si suicida quando Madeleine ha 12 anni), compie gli studi all'University of Sydney insieme a futuri artisti quali Bruce Beresford, Robert Hughes e Germaine Greer^[2].

A 52 anni esordisce nella narrativa con Le signore in nero, romanzo ambientato negli anni '50 a Sydney e avente per protagoniste le commesse dei grandi magazzini^[3] che sarà trasposto in pellicola 25 anni dopo^[4].

Autrice di altri tre romanzi di cui uno, The Essence of the Thing, finalista al Booker Prize (unica donna australiana nominata per il premio)^[5], muore a Londra il 18 giugno 2006^[6].

Opere

Trilogia Notting Hill

Una donna quasi perfetta (A Pure Clear Light, 1996), Milano, Garzanti, 2020 traduzione di Maria Giulia Castagnone ISBN 978-88-11-60994-0.
The Essence of the Thing (1997)
L'amica sfuggente (A Stairway to Paradise 1999) , Milano, Garzanti, 2022 traduzione di Maria Giulia Castagnone ISBN 978-88-11-60995-7.^[7]

Altri romanzi

Le signore in nero (The Women in Black, 1993), Milano, Garzanti, 2009 traduzione di Maria Giulia Castagnone ISBN 978-88-11-60769-4.

Filmografia

Ladies in Black, regia di Bruce Beresford (2018) (soggetto)

Premi e riconoscimenti

Booker Prize: 1997 finalista con The Essence of the Thing

Note

^ (EN) Susan Wyndham, Madeleine St John's masterpiece The Women in Black more optimistic than its author, su smh.com.au, 13 dicembre 2016. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.
^ (EN) Bethanie Blanchard, Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John, su wheelercentre.com. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019 (archiviato dall'url originale il 9 agosto 2020).
^ Antonio D'Orrico, Madeleine St John: «10 e niente saldi», su corriere.it, 14 agosto 2019. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.
^ (EN) Scheda del film, su imdb.com. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.
^ “Le signore in nero” di Madeleine St John possono raggiungere qualsiasi obiettivo, su illibraio.it, 2 luglio 2019. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.
^ (EN) Christopher Potter, Necrologio, su oa.anu.edu.au, 6 luglio 2006. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.
^ Madeleine St John, L'amica sfuggente, Garzanti, 7 giugno 2022, ISBN 978-88-11-00751-7. URL consultato il 30 agosto 2023.

Bibliografia

Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John di Helen Trinca (2013)
(EN) Lucy Sussex, Keeping the darkness at bay: A Life of Madeleine St John, su sydneyreviewofbooks.com, 19 aprile 2013. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Opere di Madeleine St John, su Open Library, Internet Archive.
(EN) Madeleine St. John, su Goodreads.
Introduzione all'autrice, su illibraio.it. URL consultato il 13 settembre 2019.

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