Edoardo Albinati (born 11 October 1956) is an Italian novelist.
Life and career
Born in
Rome
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, after Albinati started his career as a translator, a script adaptor and editor of the magazine ''
Nuovi Argomenti''. 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 ...
.
Since the mid-1990s he has worked at the
Rebibbia prison as a teacher.
In 2002 and in 2004 he took part to two
UN High Commission for Refugees missions in Afghanistan and Chad, also writing several reports published by the newspapers ''
Corriere della Sera
(; ) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remain ...
'' and ''
La Repubblica
(; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and l ...
''.
In 2004 Albinati won the
Viareggio Prize 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 Acting Career
Filippo Timi was born in Perugia, he studied acting in Bologna.
Filippo Timi as a cinema actor was discovered by a prominent Italian under ...
the novel ''Tuttalpiù muoio'', which later Timi adapted into a stage drama. In 2015 he collaborated with
Matteo Garrone for the screenplay of the fantasy film ''
Tale of Tales''. In 2016 he won the
Strega Prize 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)
References
External links
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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
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