Goliarda Sapienza Goliarda Sapienza Goliarda Sapienza (10 May 1924 – 30 August 1996) was an Italian actress and writer. Goliarda Sapienza was born 10 May 1924 in Catania. Her mother was Maria Guidice, a prominent socialist, her father Peppino Sapienza, a socialist lawyer. As a child, Goliarda Sapienza reenacted films she had seen in cinema. In 1941 she and her mother went to Rome, where she studied theatre. She worked as an actor in both films and plays, but from 1958 she focused on writing. Her now famous novel "L’arte della gioia" ("The Art of Joy") was finished in 1976 but rejected
La Porte City, Iowa La Porte City, Iowa La Porte City is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,285 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. La Porte City was platted in 1855. It is named after La Porte, Indiana, the former home of one of its founders. La Porte City is located at (42.313606, -92.188291). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 2,285 people, 915 households, and