Scent of a Woman

About the Author and the Translator

Giovanni Arpino (1927–87) was a novelist, journalist and poet. He won Italy’s prestigious Strega Prize in 1964 for L’ombra della colline (The Shadow of Hills). Scent of a Woman (1969), his most famous book, was filmed in 1979 by Diho Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman, and remade in 1992 by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino.

Anne Milano Appel, a translator and former library director, translates from Italian to English.