New York City, New York Oct 5, 2023 (Issuewire.com) - Ann Pizzorusso, the prize-winning author, has won the National Prize Giuseppe De Lorenzo, for the Italian edition of her book Tweeting da Vinci (Twittando da Vinci). The prize was awarded to her in Latronico, Italy on September 30, 2023. Giuseppe De Lorenzo (Lagonegro, 1871 - Napoli, 1957) was a renowned geologist, having contributed significantly to the history of the formation of the Apennines, some of the most complicated geology in Italy. He was also a scholar of Leonardo da Vinci, having written a seminal book on Leonardo’s ideas on geology. His book, published in the mid-nineteenth century, shed new light on Leonardo’s incredible writings on the geological disciplines of stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, and structural geology. Additionally, De Lorenzo was able to influence not only scientists but the general public as he was knowledgeable in the fields of philosophy, literature, Far Eastern languages, and Buddhism. Pizzorusso, a geologist and Renaissance scholar, focused her book on the geology of Italy and how it influenced its cultural development. Using geology as the foundation, she showed how it influenced prehistoric populations, the Etruscans, Dante, Leonardo, and many other artists and scientists. Pizzorusso is the author of a number of prize-winning books that combine geology and art in any form.
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