Carola Susani (born 1965) is an Italian writer. She was born in
Marostica
Marostica (; ), is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is mostly famous for its live chess event and for the local cherry variety.
History
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the locality was greatly ...
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Vicenza
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). She published her first novel ''Il libro di Teresa'' (''Teresa’s Book'') in 1995. Her most recent book ''Eravamo bambini abbastanza'' (''We Were Young Enough'', 2012) won the
Lo Straniero Prize and the
Prata Prize for Fiction. She has also written children's books.
Profile
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Her work has been translated into German, Polish and English. She is on the editorial staff of ''Nuovi Argomenti
''Nuovi Argomenti'' is an Italian literary magazine which was started in 1953 in Rome.
History and profile
''Nuovi Argomenti'' was founded by Alberto Carrocci and Alberto Moravia in Rome in 1953. Soon, they were joined by Pier Paolo Pasolini. H ...
'', a major literary journal in Italy.
Works
* ''Il libro di Teresa'' (''Teresa’s Book''), 1995
* ''La terra dei dinosauri'' (''The Land of the Dinosaurs''), 1998
* ''Il viaggiatore'' (''The Traveller''; short story) in anthology ''Italville: New Italian Writing'' (Exile Editions, Toronto), 2005
* ''Maisons sans plus de porte'' (reportage) in ''Last and Lost'' (Noir sur Blanc, Paris), 2007
* ''Pecore vive'' (''Live Sheep''; short stories), 2007 - longlisted for the Strega Prize
The Strega Prize ( ) is the most important 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 between 1 March of t ...
* ''Eravamo bambini abbastanza'' (''We Were Young Enough''), 2012 - winner of the Lo Straniero Prize and the Prata Prize for Fiction
References
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1965 births
20th-century Italian novelists
21st-century Italian novelists
Living people