{{Short description|Italian writer, journalist and translator}} {{Notability|Biography|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox writer | name = Laura Grimaldi | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Laura Tanini | birth_date = 1928 | birth_place = Rufina | death_date = 3 July 2012 | death_place = Milan | death_cause = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = {{hlist|writer|journalist|translator}} | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = Carlo Grimaldi, Gabriele Grimaldi | parents = | relatives = Oliver Grimaldi | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Laura Grimaldi''' (1928 – 3 July 2012) was an Italian writer, journalist and translator from English.
==Life== Grimaldi was born in Rufina near Florence in 1928. Her family soon moved to Milan where she resided for most of her life. She has two sons, Carlo and Gabriele, and is also the grandmother of Oliver Grimaldi.
She became known for her translations of notable authors writing in English. The hundreds of books she translated included works by Ray Bradbury, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Philip K. Dick, Ernest Hemingway and Ellery Queen.
Grimaldi wrote crime novels and her publisher called her the "Queen of Crime" citing her work in the 1950s. Her novels include ''Suspicion''.<ref>''[http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/suspicion-laura-grimaldi/1014363414?ean=9780299188603 Suspicion]'', Barnes and Noble. Retrieved March 2014</ref> Her stories are set in Milan. She received the Prix du Polar Européen in 2003 by her work ''La Colpa''. She was a director of the company Interno Giallo.<ref>[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko/italy.htm Landscapes of Crime] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716084739/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko/italy.htm |date=16 July 2018 }}, dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 10 March 2014</ref> In the year 2000, she was interviewed about her life and her work in the show 'La Signora in Nero (The Lady in Black)' <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnQfpYxcILs&t=624s], La Signora in Nero, interview </ref>
Grimaldi died in Milan in 2012.<ref>''[https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/2012/07/03/news/morta_la_scrittrice_laura_grimaldi-38455480/]'', La Repubblica obituary </ref>
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