Edoardo Albinati (born 11 October 1956) is an Italian novelist.

Life and career

Born in

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, after Albinati started his career as a translator, a script adaptor and as editor of the magazine ''

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''. He made his debut as a writer in 1988, with a collection of short stories titled ''Arabeschi della vita morale''. His 1989 novel ''Il polacco lavatore di vetri'' was adapted into a film, '' The Ballad of the Windshield Washers'' by

Peter Del Monte Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 Ca ...

. From the mid-1990s he works at the

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prison as a teacher. In 2002 and in 2004 he took part to two

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missions in Afghanistan and Chad, also writing several reports published by the newspapers ''

Corriere della Sera The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...

'' and ''

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''. In 2004 Albinati won the

Viareggio Prize The Viareggio Prize ( it, Premio Viareggio, italic=no or ) is an Italian literary prize, first awarded in 1930. Named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio, it was conceived by three friends, , Carlo Salsa and Leonida Rèpaci, to rival the Milanese ...

with the novel ''Svenimenti''. In 2006 he co-wrote with actor

Filippo Timi Filippo Timi (born 27 February 1974) is an Italian actor, director and writer. Biography Winner of ‘best actor under 30’ at the 2004 UBU Awards, the maximum prize for Italian theatre, onstage he has been Orpheus, Danton, Perceval, Cupid, H ...

the novel ''Tuttalpiù muoio'', which later Timi adapted into a stage drama. In 2015 he collaborated with

Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short fi ...

for the screenplay of the fantasy film '' Tale of Tales''. In 2016 he won the

Strega Prize The Strega Prize ( it, Premio Strega ) is the most prestigious Italian literary award. It has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction written in the Italian language by an author of any nationality and first published ...

with the semi-autobiographical novel ''La scuola cattolica''. Selected English Translations * ''Coming Back: Diary of a Mission to Afghanistan'' (2014, trans. Howard Curtis) * ''The Catholic School'' (2019, trans. Antony Shugaar)

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* 1956 births Living people Writers from Rome 20th-century Italian male writers 21st-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian novelists Viareggio Prize winners Strega Prize winners 20th-century Italian translators Italian male novelists {{Italy-writer-stub