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Emily Dickinson biography becomes graphic novel by Liuba Gabriele

publication · 2026-04-27

Illustrator and cartoonist Liuba Gabriele has released a new graphic novel dedicated to the life of American poet Emily Dickinson, published by BeccoGiallo. The 144-page book traces Dickinson's artistic rise and key moments of her human experience, focusing on her passion for poetry, love of nature, and choice of isolation as a practice of freedom. Gabriele stated she felt points of contact with Dickinson, including a shared devotion to writing and nature. The graphic novel uses a poetic language to tell the story of the 19th-century poet who came from a bourgeois American family and chose to consecrate herself to thought and words, imposing self-isolation in her father's house. The book is part of BeccoGiallo's specialization in biographical comics.

Key facts

  • Liuba Gabriele authored a graphic novel about Emily Dickinson
  • Published by BeccoGiallo in Padua, 2023
  • 144 pages, €19.40, ISBN 9788833142623
  • Book covers Dickinson's entire life from 19th-century bourgeois family
  • Gabriele cites shared passion for poetry and nature as connection
  • Dickinson chose isolation in her father's house as practice of freedom
  • Graphic novel introduces poetic language into the comic format
  • BeccoGiallo specializes in biographical comics

Entities

Artists

  • Emily Dickinson
  • Liuba Gabriele

Institutions

  • BeccoGiallo
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Padua
  • Italy

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