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Happy 90th, Adriana Mazza! (Italian illustrator, "Four Little Kittens" by Kathleen Daly, 1957)
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l***@yahoo.com
2018-04-08 20:50:00 UTC
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(I admit I'm taking a risk.)

Aka Adriana Saviozzi and Adriana Mazza Saviozzi, she lives in
Florence.

"Once upon a time, four kittens were born in a corner of a
barn. . .'Children,' Mother Cat said one day, 'the time has come for
you to decide what kind of cats you will be.' It was easy for Tuff -
he wanted to become an Alley Cat like Uncle Tom, and Luff was sure he
wanted to be a Ship's Cat like Uncle Tar. Ruff thought the life of a
Farm Cat was just right for him, but Muff didn't have a clue - nothing
seemed right until one day. . ."

Also, in Amazon, the few reviewers talk about how horrible life really
is for alley cats - that is, unwanted cats - and how, while they love
the book, one might want to seize the opportunity to talk to children
about the need to provide homes for all domestic animals - and maybe
even the need for spaying and neutering.

Incidentally, Ruff, who chooses to be a Farm Cat, is following in his
mother's footsteps! Surely an unusual literary gesture in 1957.

The book was re-illustrated by Lilian Obligado in 1986.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1264&bih=810&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=B4DKWrKnM5GwsAWYuoPYAg&q=adriana+mazza+kittens&oq=adriana+mazza+kittens&gs_l=psy-ab.3...7752.8823.0.9094.7.7.0.0.0.0.164.773.0j5.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.0.0....0.k6UO6eBjLQM
(pictures from "Four Little Kittens")

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://ilclandimariapia.blogspot.com/2013/11/adriana-mazza-saviozzi.html&prev=search
(more pictures)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2944924.Adriana_Mazza_Saviozzi
(reader reviews)

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50061686/


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

Under name Adriana Saviozzi:

Somebody Saw, World Publishing, 1962.


Illustrator:

Kathleen Daly, Four Little Kittens, Western, 1957.

Ginger Paper Doll by Kathleen N. Daly, 1957

Farm Stamps by Kathryn Jackson, 1957

Mike and Melissa and Their Magic Mumbo-Jumbo: A Storybook With Paper
Dolls to Cut Out and Dress by Jane Werner Watson, 1959

Nursery Songs : Fourteen Childhood Favorites arranged by Leah Gale,
1959.
" Songs are: Lavender's Blue, Billy Boy, Mary had a Little Lamb,
London Bridge, Old King Cole, A-Hunting we will go, Brother Joh (Frere
Jacques), Sing a song of sixpence, I love little pussy, The farmer in
the dell, Ten little indians, The Mulberry Bush, Oh! Dear, what can
the matter be and O where, O where has my little dog gone? Each song
has music and words"


The Runaway Baby Bird by Marguerite Walters, 1960.


Read, Write, and Spell With Mother Goose by Joan Jacobson, 1961.

Mother Goose, Golden Press, 1963.


Joan L. Nodset, Where Do You Go When You Run Away?, Bobbs-Merrill,
1964.


Natalie S. Carlson, Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle, Harper, 1964.
"The twenty orphelines and Madame Flattot are about to move to a new
home -- an old castle in the forest of Fontainebleau -- which they
will share with thirty boy orphans from another Paris orphanage. But
settling in is not easy for Josine, Brigitte and their friends."

Ruth Faux, It Happened to Anita, Dodd, 1967.
"The Garcia family has recently moved to New York from Panama, and
Mrs. Garcia is concerned that her little girl might get lost. This is
exactly what happens - Anita is lost - and while she strolls along
Fifth Avenue, hand in hand with her new friend, the policeman, her
mother is having a worried taxi ride in pursuit of the bus she thinks
is carrying her child farther and farther away. But when she arrives
alongside the bus, the driver tells Mrs. Garcia that a policeman is
taking Anita back to the corner where they became separated. So back
Mrs. Garcia starts running, to catch up with her lost little girl!
Children who like to hear about everyday happenings - riding buses,
shopping for shoes, even getting lost - will enjoy this story with its
lively hide-and-seek action and happy ending."


Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Western, 1970.


Fables of Leonardo Da Vinci, translation by Bruni Nardini, Hubbard,
1973.


Giunti Nardini, editor, Leonardo Da Vinci's Fantastic Animals, Collins
(London), 1977.

"Also illustrator of The Little Donkey of Jesus, Centro Internazionale
del Libro (Florence).*


Lenona.
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2019-06-28 18:58:24 UTC
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Still can't find any biographical details on her - but I was surprised to find she illustrated the Italian editions of "A Christmas Carol" and "Little Women"!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/piccole-donne-crescono-Alcott-Luisa/dp/B007JTFUFA
(one cover)

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://ilclandimariapia.blogspot.com/2013/11/adriana-mazza-saviozzi.html&prev=search
(scroll down 3/4 or more - same title, different cover)

https://www.amazon.it/ragazzi-Jo-Seguito-Piccoli-uomini/dp/B00Q6Z903G
(another Alcott book illustrated by Saviozzi!)

https://modena.bakeca.it/dettaglio/libri-dispense-fumetti/il-cantico-di-natale-bce9147670642
("A Christmas Carol," plus one inside illustration - that one is tiny)

https://prodottitop.com/?q=Saviozzi
(a LOT more covers! Saviozzi's name appears 71 times!)


Lenona.
Lenona
2021-01-13 21:52:55 UTC
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Mistake, sad to say! She died in 2009.


(8-minute read-aloud of Four Little Kittens)

Too bad Luff couldn't be female, it seems...btw, if you don't know what "luff" means, it's fun to look up.)

More on Saviozzi:

Translation from the Italian - her entry starts on page 345, where you can see one of two of her illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (For some reason, I couldn't copy and paste the Italian text anywhere, except into my email account - so it's just luck that my email account also has a translation function!)

Also, most sources say she was born in 1928, not 1918, and I find it odd that, in the 1950s, she would have married at age 35! But otherwise, the April birthdate IS a match...

This is a book, it seems, about the many illustrators of Lewis Carroll's work.

http://www.marinocassini.it/Oggetti%20scaricabili/00_ALICE%20nel%20paese%20delle%20immagini.pdf

From page 345:

Born in Pistoia on April 8, 1918, Adriana Saviozzi was the first of three children of Pietro and Alma Melani, the latter's cousin of the artist Marino Marini. According to the artistic vein of the family, Adriana attended florentine schools and start-up school.

At the Academy Adriana learned to modulate colors, under the guidance of masters Godfrey and Sanzio Trovarelli, Emanuele Cavalli, Primo Conti and Ottone Rosai. Contacts came in the years of his cultural growth with Pietro Annigoni.

As a classmate, Adriana had a young San Marino man, Alfio Mazza, and fell in love with him. The wedding to Alfio Mazza, a pictorial restorer, arrived in 1953. Already at that time Adriana had become an illustrator of children's books for several publishing houses: R. Franceschini & Figlio; Nerbini Publishers; Felice Le Monnier Publishing House and 'La Scuola' of Brescia.

In 1955 Adriana joined her husband in New York who in the 'big Apple' had decided to deepen the techniques of pictorial restoration. And here came the prestigious collaborations with many American publishing houses; Folket I Bilds Förlag - Stockholm - Simon and Schuster, Inc. and Artists and Writers Guild, Inc. - Western Printing and Lithograhing Company New York, to name a few.

1972 was the year of the meeting between Adriana and the publisher Bruno Nardini who had founded the Centro Internazionale del Libro S.P.A., which in turn was part of the Giunti publishing group. The collection 'Fables and Legends' was born in this period.

In 1990 Bruno Nardini died, but Adriana's palette never stopped creating on behalf of a Swedish publishing house, AB Pictura.

Adriana Saviozzi died on April 21, 2009, at the age of 91.

She illustrated Alice in the World of Wonders for La Capitol di Bologna in 1956 and for Vallecchi in 1969.
Lenona
2021-01-15 17:02:49 UTC
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Here, you can see a few of her illustrations from Fables of Leonardo da Vinci. There are 73 fables and you can read four of them, plus the table of contents. (Someone said that some of the fables are actually chapters from longer stories.) Oddly, Saviozzi's name was rearranged, as you'll see!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fables-of-LEONARDO-DA-VINCI-1973-1st-Edition-Illustrated-73-Fables-in-all/111627324753?hash=item19fd81cd51:g:h8kAAOSw-7RVDhwN
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