Giorgio van Straten Giorgio van Straten Giorgio van Straten (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel "Generazione" was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for "Il mio nome a memoria", published in English as "My Name, A Living Memory" (2003), the story of his Jewish-Dutch family from 1811 to our days. That same year he was awarded the Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He translated from English into Italian "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Giunti, 1992),"The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (Giunti, 1994),"The Jungle
Frances Hodgson Burnett manager. "That Lass o' Lowrie's" was published to good reviews, and the rights were sold for a British edition. Shortly after the publication of the book, she joined her husband in D.C., where she established a household and friends. She continued to write, becoming known as a rising young novelist. Despite the difficulties of raising a family and settling into a new city, Burnett began work on "Haworth's", which was published in 1879, as well as writing a dramatic interpretation of "That Lass o' Lowrie's" in response to a pirated stage version presented in London. After a visit to Boston