Marco Vichi (born 20 November 1957) is an Italian novelist and short story writer who has also edited a number of crime anthologies. Born in
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
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, he now lives in the Chianti hills.
Several of Vichi's ''Inspector Bordelli'' novels, set in the 1960s, have recently been published in English (translated by
Stephen Sartarelli
Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American poet and translator.
Life
Sartarelli graduated from Antioch College and New York University. Specializing in translations from French and Italian into English, he has translated the ...
).
Bibliography
Incomplete, English translations only. For full bibliography see the Italian Wikipedia page.
The Inspector Bordelli novels
* ''Death in August'', set in 1963 (Il commissario Bordelli, 2002)
* ''Death and the Olive Grove'', set in 1964 (Una brutta faccenda, 2003)
* ''Death in Sardinia'', set in 1965 (Il nuovo venuto, 2004)
* ''Death in Florence'', set in 1966 (Morte a Firenze, 2009)
* ''Death in the Tuscan Hills'', set in 1967 (La forza del destino, 2011)
* ''Ghosts of the Past'', set in 1967 (Fantasmi del passato, 2011)
Prizes and recognition
* 2004 – ''Il nuovo venuto'' won the ''
Premio Fedeli''
* 2009 – ''Morte a Firenze'' won the ''
Premio Scerbanenco''
* 2013 – ''Death in Sardinia'' was shortlisted for the
CWA International Dagger
The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger and the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger) is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author ...
award
External links
* (in Italian)
Reviews at EuroCrime
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Italian mystery writers
1957 births
Living people
Writers from Florence