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Andrea Canobbio
Andrea Canobbio (born Turin, 1962) is an Italian writer and translator. A graduate of the University of Turin, he made his literary debut in 1986. He has written several books, but is best known abroad for his novel ''Tre anni luce''. An English translation by Anne Milano Appel under the title ''Three Light-Years'' was widely praised upon publication. He has received a number of literary prizes, among them the Premio Mondello, the Premio Grinzane Cavour and the Premio Brancati. As a literary translator, Canobbio has translated works by Rousseau and Jean Echenoz from French to Italian.Boyd Tonkin"Novelist Andrea Canobbio: Private angst, public terror" ''The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...'', 25 January 2008. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Canobbio, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian People
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University Of Turin
The University of Turin ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an important role in research and training. It is steadily ranked among the top 5 Italian universities and it is ranked third for research activities in Italy, according to the latest data by ANVUR. History Overview The University of Turin was founded as a ''studium'' in 1404, under the initiative of Prince Ludovico di Savoia. From 1427 to 1436 the seat of the university was transferred to Chieri and Savigliano. It was closed in 1536 and reestablished by Duke Emmanuel Philibert thirty years later. It started to gain its modern shape following the model of the University of Bologna, although significant development did not occur until the reforms made by Victor Amadeus II, who also created the Collegio delle Province for students not na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Milano Appel
Anne Milano Appel is an American translator of Italian literature. She obtained a doctorate in Romance languages from Rutgers University in 1970. She has translated, among others, works by Claudio Magris, Paolo Giordano, Giovanni Arpino and Goliarda Sapienza. She was awarded the John Florio Prize in 2012 for her translation of Arpino's ''Scent of a Woman''. She is also working on English translations of Giordano's ''Like Family'' (December 2015, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), ''Syrian Dust'' by Francesca Borri (March 2016, Seven Stories Press) and ''Don't Tell Me You're Afraid'' by Giuseppe Catozzella (August 2016, Penguin Press). Selected translations * Aline Cendon, Loris Dilena, ''Venice. Its Wood'', Andrea Montagnani, ed. Nonfiction. Ponzano: Edizioni Grafiche Vianello srl/Vianello Libri, 2005. * Andrea Canobbio, ''Three Light-Years''. (Original title: ''Tre anni luce'', Feltrinelli, 2013). Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014. British edition forthcoming from MacLehose Press, December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Mondello
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The Mondello Prize (Italian: Premio Mondello or Premio letterario internazionale Mondello Città di Palermo) is an Italian literary award established in 1975. History The award was founded by a group of Palermo intellectuals and academics, and was first directed by the magistrate Francesco Lentini until his death in 2000. Since it is organized by a cultural foundation, . Since 2012 the award has a partnership with the Turin International Book Fair. The same year it established an award for young writers, the Mondello Giovani Award. Winners include Cees Nooteboom in 2017. References Further reading * External links * 1975 establishments in Italy Awards established in 1975 Italian literary awards Prize A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Grinzane Cavour
The Grinzane Cavour Prize (1989–2009) was an Italian literary award established in 1982 by Francesco Meotto. The annual award ceremony took place in the medieval castle of Grinzane Cavour. The goal of the prize was to attract young people to read. The voting system was divided into two phases: first, a jury of literary critics selected finalists, and then they chose an overall winner from the pool of finalists. Special prizes for best new author and lifetime achievement were also awarded. The Grinzane Cavour Prize Association was dissolved on 31 March 2009 as a result of the implication of the organization's president, Giuliano Soria, in an embezzling scheme. Soria used the Grinzane Cavour Prize to gain €4.5 million in government grants which he then appropriated for his personal use. The assets of the organization were acquired by the Monforte d'Alba Bottari Lattes cultural foundation at a bankruptcy auction in 2010. Prizes Best Italian Fiction Finalists, winners in bold * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Brancati
The Premio Brancati Zafferana, more concisely known as the Premio Brancati, is a literary prize named in memory of the Italian writer Vitaliano Brancati. Background The Premio Brancati was launched in 1967. Originally a single award, the prize has been given since 1996 in the categories of narrative fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and, since 2015, emerging young writer. The winners in each category are announced over the course of several days at a convention held in September every year in Zafferana Etnea in Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ..., Italy, where Brancati customarily spent part of each year and where one of his novels, ''Paolo il caldo'', was set. References Italian literary awards {{literature-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. His '' Discourse on Inequality'' and ''The Social Contract'' are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau's sentimental novel '' Julie, or the New Heloise'' (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His ''Emile, or On Education'' (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings—the posthumously published '' Confessions'' (composed in 1769), which initiated the modern autobiography, and the unfinished ''Reveries of the Solitary Walker'' (composed 1776–1778)—exemplified the late 18th-century " Age of Sensibility", and featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Echenoz
Jean Echenoz (born 26 December 1947) is a French writer. Biography Jean Echenoz was born in Orange, Vaucluse, the son of a psychiatrist, He studied in Rodez, Digne-les-Bains, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' in 1979, for which he received the Fénéon Prize in 1980. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis 1983 for ''Cherokee'', the Prix Goncourt 1999 for '' I'm Gone'' (''Je m'en vais''), and the Aristeion Prize for '' Chopin's Move'' (''Lac'') (1989). Works Novels and narratives (''récits'') * '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' (Minuit, 1979) * ''Cherokee'' (Minuit, 1983) (Godine, 1987; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Équipée malaise'' (Minuit, 1986) ''Double Jeopardy'' (Godine, 1993; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Occupation des sols'' (Minuit, 1988) ''Plan of Occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Italian Writers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
