Flavio Soriga (born 1975 in

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) is an Italian writer.

Biography

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, namely the Sardinian narrative of today in the European arena, started by

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, Salvatore Mannuzzu and

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, after the works of prominent figures such as

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. Winner in the 2000 of the Italo Calvino Prize (for unpublished works) with the collection of short stories ''Diavoli di Nuraiò'', Flavio Soriga won in 2003, with the detective novel ''Neropioggia'', the

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. In 2007 he was granted by the

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the donation of the Foundation Abraham Woursell (HALMA network) for young writers:. In 2008, with the novel'' Sardinia Blues'' he won the

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, and in 2009 the

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with the collection of short stories ''L'amore a Londra e in altri luoghi''. He currently lives in Rome, where he works as a free lance for Italian newspapers and televisions. Flavio Soriga is affected by

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, in his novel ''Sardinia Blues'' speaks of his disease.«La mia vita al ritmo delle trasfusioni»
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Works

*''Diavoli di Nuraiò'' ( Il Maestrale, 2000) *''Neropioggia'' ( Garzanti, 2002) *''Sardinia Blues'' (

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, 2008) *''L'amore a Londra e in altri luoghi'' (

, 2009) *''Il cuore dei briganti'' (

, 2010) *''Nuraghe Beach'' ( Laterza, 2011) *''Metropolis'' (

, 2013)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soriga, Flavio 21st-century Italian novelists People from the Province of Cagliari 1975 births Living people Italian male novelists 21st-century Italian male writers