{{Short description|Italian journalist and novelist}} {{Infobox writer | name = Brunella Gasperini | image = Gandel.JPG | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|12|22}} | birth_place = Milan | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|01|07|1918|12|22}} | death_place = Milan | occupation = Journalist, novelist | nationality = Italian | genre = Novel | movement = | notableworks = ''Ero io quella'' (1960), ''Noi e loro'' (1965) | influences = | influenced = | signature = }} '''Brunella Gasperini''', pen name of Bianca Robecchi (Milan, 22 December 1918 – Milan, 7 January 1979) was an Italian journalist and novelist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/brunella-gasperini/|title=Brunella Gasperini | enciclopedia delle donne}}</ref>
==Biography== She spent most of her life between Milan, her birthplace, and San Mamete, a small hamlet in Valsolda, on Lake Lugano.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prolocovalsolda.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&lang=en&Itemid=|title=Brunella Gasperini}}</ref>
After a short experience as a teacher in the immediate post-war period, she started writing for the newspaper ''Il Corriere della Sera'' and many Rizzoli magazines in the early 1950s, distinguishing herself for her modern and progressive point of view on the problems that would dominate Italian society in the following years. Her column ''Ditelo a Brunella'' ("Tell Brunella"), where she established a direct and frank dialogue with her readers on such themes as divorce, abortion, family and politics, appeared on ''Annabella'' for twenty-five years. She dealt with similar issues in her column ''Lettere a Candida'' ("Letters to Candida"), in the magazine ''Novella''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/10/23/archives/the-literary-work-of-brunella-gasperini.html|title = The Literary work of Brunella Gasperini|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 23 October 1960|last1 = Senigallia|first1 = Elaine W.}}</ref>
In 1956 she published her first novel, ''L'estate dei bisbigli'' (previously issued in instalments in ''Annabella''), followed by ''Io e loro: cronache di un marito'' (1959), ''Rosso di sera'' (1964), ''A scuola si muore'' (1975) and ''Grazie lo stesso'', all published by Rizzoli. Her non-fiction work includes the humouristic handbook manual ''Il galateo di Brunella Gasperini'' (Sonzogno, 1975) and her autobiography ''Una donna e altri animali'' (Rizzoli, 1978).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.progettobabele.it/Consiglilettura/bgasperini.php | title=Progetto Babele Rivista Letteraria }}</ref>
A selection of her editorials and of the letters published in ''Annabella'' was collected posthumously in ''Così la penso io'' (Rizzoli, 1979) and ''Più botte che risposte'' (Rizzoli, 1981).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brugas.blogspot.com/2011/12/piu-randellava-e-piu-era-amata-ecco.html|title=Una donna e altri animali: Brunella Gasperini: Aspesi su Repubblica (1997) - Recensione a "Più botte che risposte"|year=2011}}</ref>
Her books have been translated and successfully published into several languages, such as German, French, Spanish, Hungarian. From her marriage to Adelmo Gasperini (called Mino by everyone and “life mate” by Brunella) she had two children, Massimo (1946-2013), a sculptor,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zamenhofart.it/artisti-2013/massimo-gasperini/|title = Massimo Gasperini}}</ref> and Nicoletta (1950-1989), herself a journalist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/12/15/news/stefano_gabbana_e_domenico_dolce_amiamo_questo_teatro_lo_aiutiamo_per_amore_non_certo_per_business_-129521120/|title = Milano, Dolce e Gabbana soci della Scala: "Amiamo questo teatro, non lo aiutiamo per business"|date = 15 December 2015}}</ref> who wrote assiduously for different fashion and music magazines.
==Bibliography==
===Fiction===
*1956 ''L'estate dei bisbigli'', Rizzoli *1957 ''Le vie del vento'', Rizzoli *1957 ''Fanali gialli'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Le note blu'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Le ragazze della villa accanto'', Rizzoli *1959 ''Io e loro: cronache di un marito'', Rizzoli *1960 ''Ero io quella'', Rizzoli *1961 ''Lui e noi: cronache di una moglie'', Rizzoli *1964 ''Rosso di sera'', Rizzoli *1965 ''Noi e loro: cronache di una figlia'', Rizzoli *1970 ''I fantasmi nel cassetto'', Edizioni di Novissima *1973 ''Luna straniera'', AMZ *1974 ''Siamo in famiglia'', Rizzoli *1975 ''A scuola si muore'', Rizzoli *1975 ''Il buio alle spalle'', AMZ *1976 ''Grazie lo stesso'', Rizzoli *1976 ''Storie d'amore storie d'allegria'' (short stories), Rizzoli *1978 ''Una donna e altri animali'', Rizzoli
===Other===
*1957 ''Dopo di lei, signora'', Rizzoli *1958 ''Cos'è una donna: problemi e segreti delle adolescenti'', Marietti *1960 ''Sposarsi è facile ma...'', Rizzoli *1975 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici dell'adolescenza'', AMZ *1975 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici prima del matrimonio'', AMZ *1975 ''Cos'è conoscersi: problemi e rapporti col tuo ragazzo'', Marietti *1975 ''Il galateo di Brunella Gasperini'', Sonzogno *1976 ''I problemi sessuali e psicologici della coppia'', AMZ *1976 ''Di chi è la colpa: capire e risolvere i problemi del matrimonio'', Marietti *1979 ''Così la penso io'', Rizzoli *1981 ''Più botte che risposte'' (collection of letters to ''Annabella''), Rizzoli
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://brugas.blogspot.it Fans Page (Italian)] * [http://brunella.altervista.org/php/ciwa.php Page in English] {{Authority control}}
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