The Book Rebels
Pierdomenico Baccalario, Luigi Spagnol
Born in Via delle Cento Stelle
Biography
Coming of age
Cats, bicycles and cursing: the whole galaxy of Margherita Hack.
Born in Via delle Cento Stelle (The Street of 100 Stars) in Florence on the 12th of June 1922, Margherita Hack could do nothing else but become a world-renowned astrophysicist. Yet she never believed in fate: she believed instead in merit, in the possibility of realising your own dreams. She who had so many dreams: from athletics, in which she hoped to win a medal at the Olympics, to cycling, with which it was love at first sight, to the stars, which she discovered at school slightly by chance and which illuminated her way right up to leading the astronomical observatory in Trieste, the first female director in Italy. Margherita didn’t hide, she expressed her opinions, fought for a better society, defended the rights of the weakest. Living an extraordinarily simple life herself, she stood for truth and irony, always living with an eye to the future.
The volume is richly illustrated by Marianna Balducci.
Publisher:
Mondadori
Target:
10+
Year:
2022
Author
Federico Taddia
A writer, presenter, TV author and populariser, Federico Taddia collaborates with Topolino, Rai, Radio24 and La Stampa. One of his passions has always been to use the right words to tell the youngest everything that scientists study, look for and discover. He has written books with Margherita Hack, Telmo Pievano, Elisa Palazzi and Antonella Viola. With Teste Toste he won the Andersen Prize for the best science series for girls and boys and with Virus Game he won the Piccolo Galileo prize.
Author
Marianna Balducci
An illustrator from Rimini, Marianna Balducci has a degree in fashion and works on advertising and publishing projects for children. She likes to experiment with combinations of traditional and digital tools, combining drawing and photography in particular. With her photo-illustrated books she has received the Nati Per Leggere prize (2018) and the Andersen prize (2021). For ten years, she has accompanied her drawing with a visual communication seminar for the fashion department at Rimini (Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna). She holds workshops in collaboration with academies and training institutions in the field of illustration.
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