Silvana De Mari

Silvana De Mari at Lucca Comics & Games 2016

Silvana De Mari was born in 1953 in Caserta, Italy. She is a writer, psychotherapist, and doctor. She formerly worked as a surgeon in both Italy and Ethiopia, before setting up a private psychotherapy practice in Turin.[1] She's known worldwide as the author of The Last Dragon, an award-winning fantasy novel published in 2004 in English and 18 other languages. As of 2014 it remains the only one of her many books to be translated into English.[2]. The book won the prestigious italian prizes Premio Bancarellino and Premio Andersen[3][4][5]. In France, it won the Prix Imaginales in 2005.

L'ultimo Elfo (The Last Elf, also published as The Last Dragon) was her third children's book and the first to be translated into English. It has also been translated into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and several other languages for a total of 23 Countries [6] (Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Finland, France, Germany Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA).

The following book [L'Ultimo Orco] (The Last Ogre) won the IBBY International Boud Books Young People 2006 prize[7] and the Prix Sorcières "Les prix en littérature jeunesse" in 2009 in France.[8]. It's been published in France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Panama, Romania Thailand, United Kingdom, USA.


Works

Novels

  • L'ultima stella a destra della luna. illus. by Silvia Vignale. Salani. 2000.
  • La bestia e la bella. illus. by Gianni De Conno. Salani. 2003.
  • Il cavaliere, la strega, la morte e il diavolo. Lindau. 2009.
  • Il gatto dagli occhi d'oro. Fanucci. 2009.
  • Giuseppe figlio di Giacobbe, Effatà, 2014[9][10]
  • La nuova dinastia 2015, 2017.
  • Il gatto dagli occhi d'oro, Giunti, 2015.
  • Sulle ali della libertà 2016.

L'ultimo elfo saga:

  • L'ultimo elfo. illus. by Gianni De Conno. Salani. 2004.
  • L'ultimo orco. Salani. 2005.
  • Gli ultimi incantesimi. Salani. 2008.
  • L'ultima profezia del mondo degli uomini. Fanucci. 2010.
  • Io mi chiamo Yorsh. Fanucci. 2011. (Prequel de L'ultimo elfo)
  • L'ultima profezia del mondo degli uomini. L'epilogo. Fanucci. 2012.
  • Arduin il Rinnegato. Ares. 2017.

Hania trilogy

  • Hania. Il regno delle tigri bianche, Giunti 2015
  • Hania. Il cavaliere di luce, Giunti 2015
  • Hania. La strega muta, Giunti 2016

Essays

  • Il drago come realtà - I significati storici e metaforici della letteratura fantastica. Salani. 2007.
  • La realtà dell'orco. Lindau. 2012.
  • L'ultimo nemico che sarà sconfitto è la morte. Joanne Kathleen Rowling e l'eptalogia di Harry Potter ne Il Fantastico nella Letteratura per ragazzi. Luci e ombre di 10 serie di successo, a cura di Marina Lenti, Runa Editrice, 2016.
  • Le avventure di Bilbo Baggins, scassinatore, esperto cacciatore di tesori: l'oro e la menzogna nello Hobbit in Hobbitologia, a cura di Marina Lenti e Paolo Gulisano, Camelozampa, 2016.

Controversies

As of early 2017, after a claim made by some homosexual associations, De Mari has been convened before the Italian Medical Association for her statements regarding homosexuality (which she states "does not exist")[11], homosexual associations (defined as "criminals")[12] and anal intercourse, defined by the President of the Order of Medical Doctors as not matching what Medicine thinks today.[13]. As of today, no disciplinary measures have been taken. She defined the APA "nonsensical"[12], she referred to gay bowel syndrome, a controversial term, and denied that homosexuality exists, saying, "C'è una sola sessualità e persone biologicamente perdenti che la rifiutano" (There is only one sexuality and biologically-loser people who refuse it).[14]

With regard to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders she also said:

The APA, American Psychiatric Association, rules the world using a statistical diagnostic manual without which you can not make an official diagnosis or expertise. The DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual) costs lots of money and has the same ethical and scientific value that had the various posters on race.[15]

In 2013, De Mari wrote an open letter to Pope Francis, urging him to defend persecuted Christians rather than pursue popularity. [16]

Silvana De Mari was recently indicted in a defamation case before the Italian district court of Turin[17]. Despite a first opinion of the public prosecutor, to not indict Dr. De Mari, the Judge decided to prosecute her. Charges are based on claims made by a LGBT Turin group along with the Human Rights Committee of Piedmont and the City of Turin, regarding statements of Dr. De Mari, where she pointed out anal sex is recurring in satanism[18], homosexual associations to crimes and defined homosexuals as "new aryan race", and "idiots"[19][12].

References

  1. ↑ "Silvana De Mari." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center. 9 Nov. 2010.
  2. ↑ Silvana De Mari at Goodreads
  3. ↑ Silvana De Mari - Libri Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Fanucci Editore | Silvana De Mari - L'ultima profezia del mondo degli uomini - L'epilogo Archived 2013-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Biografie scrittori, poeti, artisti - Wuz.it
  6. ↑ Author's website - Libri Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "IBBY Honour List 2006". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Les prix en littérature jeunesse - Prix Sorcières". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Effatà 1
  10. ↑ Effatà 2
  11. ↑ ""Il caso. De Mari: "l'omosessualità non esiste""" [The case: De Mari:" homosexuality does not exist"] (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  12. 1 2 3 ""Silvana De Mari: io e la Spectre dei Gay"" (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  13. ↑ "La dottoressa difende l'omofobia? L'Ordine apre un provvedimento disciplinare" [Does the doctor defend homophobia? The Order opens a disciplinary measure] (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  14. ↑ "APA e etica" [APA and ethics]. silvanademari.iobloggo.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  15. ↑ "Concetto di malattia" [Disease concept]. silvanademari.iobloggo.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  16. ↑ "Lettera a Papa Francesco". Magdi Cristiano Allam (in Italian). August 14, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2017. Translation: Passionate Open Letter to Papa Francesco from an Italian
  17. ↑ "L'omosessualità va curata, la querela contro la dottoressa non può essere archiviata" [Homosexuality must be treated, the lawsuit against the doctor can not be filed] (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  18. ↑ "Sesso anale, il parere medico di Silvana De Mari: "Si pratica nelle iniziazioni sataniche. Omosessualità? Non esiste"" [Anal sex, [in] the medical opinion of Silvana De Mari: "It is practiced in satanic initiations: homosexuality does not exist"] (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  19. ↑ "Finisce sotto indagine la «dottoressa anti gay»" [The «anti-gay doctor» ends up under investigation] (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-03-15.


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