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- Birth nameGiovanna Salviucci
- Giovanna Marini was born on January 19, 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was a composer and actress, known for A Tale of Love (1986), Il sospetto (1975) and Cronache del terzo millennio (1996). She was married to Pino Marini. She died on May 8, 2024 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- SpousePino Marini (divorced, 2 children)
- ParentsGiovanni SalviucciIda Parpagliolo
- RelativesPierluigi Salviucci(Sibling)Stefano Salviucci(Sibling)
- From 1991 to 2002 she taught ethnomusicology at the University of Vincennes (Paris-VIII).
- An ardent communist, she identified in contemporary folk music the perfect vehicle to express her political ideas. Over the course of her career she wrote many protest song lyrics (many of them sung by fellow musician Paolo Pietrangeli), embracing the themes of social justice that characterized the Italian '68 period and other political issues.
- In the early 1960s she befriended artists and writers who were passionate about Italian popular traditions, such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dario Fo, Italo Calvino and Roberto Leydi.
- Father, Giovanni Salviucci (1907-1937), was a composer who studied with Ottorino Respighi. Mother, Ida Parpagliolo (1904-1994), was a pianist.
- Husband Pino Marini was a nuclear physician.
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