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Italian lyricist
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Female
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11 April 1909(Sesto San Giovanni, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Death:
25 February 1983(Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
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Biography
Ornella Ferrari (1909-1983), known by the penname Biri, was a successful woman Italian song lyricist of the 1940s to 1970s. She achieved recognition with the song "Addormentarmi così" in 1948. Her 1951 entry at San Remo, "La luna si veste d'argento", sung by Achille Togliani and Nilla Pizzi was accused of partial use of an earlier 1907 poem.