Five days to not say goodbye
Daniele Nicastro
Born in Via delle Cento Stelle
Biography
Coming of age
«All answers are just the starting point for another question.»
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.
- An intimate and richly detailed account of the life of one of the most famous astronomers in the world, by someone who really knew her.
- Rare and unpublished photos brought to life by the extraordinary creativity of Marianna Balducci.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
Marianna Balducci, a fashion graduate, is an author and illustrator of books for children and young adults. She often combines drawing and photography to guide her readers’ gaze in unexpected directions. Her photo-illustrated picture books have earned her several awards, including the Nati per Leggere Prize (2018) and the Andersen Prize (2021). Alongside her illustration work, she taught a communication seminar for ten years at the Fashion Department in Rimini (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna). She collaborates with illustration academies such as Mimaster (Milan), TheSign Academy (Florence), and NID (Perugia). She leads workshops and training sessions and brings her books to life in events for both children and adults.
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