Maraini was born in Fiesole, Tuscany.

When she was a child, her family moved to Japan in 1938 to escape Fascism. They were interned in a Japanese concentration camp from 1943 to 1947 for refusing to recognize the military government. After the war, the family returned to Italy and lived in Sicily with her mother’s family in the town of Bagheria, province of Palermo.

Not long after, her parents separated and her father moved to Rome where, some years later, at the age of eighteen, Maraini joined him. She was educated at L'Istituto Statale della Ss. Annunziata, a prestigious and privileged boarding school in Florence.

She married Lucio Pozzi, a Milanese painter, but they separated after four years. She then became Alberto Moravia's companion, living with him from 1962 until 1983.

In 1966, Maraini, Moravia and Enzo Siciliano founded the del Porcospino (Porcupine) theatrical company which had as its mission the production of new Italian plays. They included her own La famiglia normale, Moravia’s L’intervista, Siciliano’s Tazza, and works by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Goffredo Parise, Juan Rodolfo Wilcock and Tornabuoni.

In 1973, she helped to found the Teatro della Maddalena which was run by women only.

Maraini is a prolific and well-known writer who continues to produce works today.

• Dacia Maraini’s official Web Page
• Abbreviated bio-bibliography
• Dacia Maraini biogrofia , at Italia Libri
• Two articles from RAI’s Italica site:
• Biography of Dacia Maraini
• Biografia di Dacia Maraini

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