Bianca Tragni

Angela Bianca Tragni (born 23 January 1944) is an Italian journalist and writer. Over her career, she carried out research in the culture of the Italian region Apulia and folklore of South Italy, especially of the Italian region Apulia. She also wrote books on history, especially the Middle Ages.
Life.
Bianca Tragni was born on 23 January 1944 in the city of Altamura, in the region Apulia. After she graduated in "giurisprudenza" (i.e. "law") in Bari and in "storia e filosofia" (i.e. "history and philosophy") in Florence, she started to write articles on local magazines and newspapers, alternating with her teaching job in Italian high schools. She also dealt with anthropology and folklore and, over her career, she was awarded many prizes related to journalism and culture in general. She later became headmaster of the high school "Liceo scientifico Federico II di Svevia" (Altamura) (she named the school after Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen).
As a journalist, she wrote articles on some local magazines and some reviews about popular culture on the newspaper "La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno".
In 2004, she also contributed to the founding of association "Club federiciano", whose mission is the preservation and enhancement of the historic and artistic heritage of Altamura and Apulia.