Nadia Terranova (born 1 January 1978) is an Italian author.

Life and career

Born in

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

, Terranova graduated in philosophy at the

University of Messina The University of Messina (; Latin: ''Studiorum Universitas Messanae''), known colloquially as UniME, is a state university located in Messina, Sicily, Italy. Founded in 1548 by Pope Paul III, it was the world's first Jesuit college, and today it ...

, and then got a doctorate in modern history at the

University of Catania The University of Catania () is a university located in Catania, Sicily. Founded in 1434, it is the oldest university in Sicily, the 13th oldest in Italy, and the 29th oldest in the world. With over 38,000 enrolled students, it is the largest uni ...

. In 2003 she moved to

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, where she started her activity as a writer as the author of

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. Her debut novel ''Gli anni al contrario'' ("The years in reverse", 2015) got her critical appraise and several awards including the

Bagutta Prize The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary prize that is awarded annually to Italian writers. The prize originated among patrons of Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy ...

for best first work and the

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. The book was selected by ''

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'' as one of the best Italian books of the 2010s decade. Terranova's second novel ''Farewell, Ghosts'' (Italian: ''Addio fantasmi'', 2018) was a finalist at the 2019

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 ...

, losing to

Antonio Scurati Antonio Scurati (born 25 June 1969) is an Italian writer and academic. A professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the IULM University of Milan, mass media scholar, and editorialist for the ''Corriere della Sera'', Scurati has ...

's '' M. Son of the Century''. It also won several awards, including the and , and ''

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 ...

'' ranked it sixth on their 2018 best books list. Terranova is also a contributor to several magazines and newspapers, an essayist, an author of short stories and a radio writer. In 2021 she made up her first graphic novel, ''Caravaggio e la ragazza'', illustrated by Lelio Bonaccorso. The same year she was a jury member of the " Horizons" section at the

78th Venice International Film Festival The 78th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021, at Venice Lido in Italy. This edition marked the festival's return to its full format following the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID ...

Works

Novels * ''Gli anni al contrario'', Torino, Einaudi, 2015 ISBN 978-88-06-21731-0. * ''Addio fantasmi'', Torino, Einaudi, 2018 ISBN 978-88-06-23745-5. * ''Farewell, Ghosts'', Trans. Ann Goldstein, Seven Stories Press, 2022. * ''Trema la notte'', Torino, Einaudi, 2022 ISBN 978-88-06-24890-1. * ''The Night Trembles'', Trans. Ann Goldstein, Seven Stories Press, 2025. * ''Quello che so di te'', Milano, Guanda, 2025. Collections of Short-Stories * ''Come una storia d’amore'', Roma, Perrone, 2020 ISBN 978-88-6004-523-2. Children and Young Adults Fiction * ''Caro diario ti scrivo...'' con Patrizia Rinaldi, Casale Monferrato, Sonda, 2011 ISBN 978-88-7106-617-2. * ''Bruno. Il bambino che imparò a volare'', Roma, Orecchio acerbo, 2012 ISBN 978-88-96806-23-4. * ''Storia d'agosto, di Agata e d'inchiostro'', Casale Monferrato, Sonda, 2012 ISBN 978-88-7106-655-4. * ''Le Mille e una Notte'' raccontate da Nadia Terranova, Roma, La Nuova Frontiera junior, 2013 ISBN 978-88-904773-4-8. * ''Le nuvole per terra'', San Dorligo della Valle, Einaudi Ragazzi, 2015 ISBN 978-88-6656-262-7. * ''Casca il mondo'', Milano, Mondadori, 2016 ISBN 978-88-04-66309-6. * ''Omero è stato qui'', Milano, Bompiani, 2019 illustrazioni di Vanna Vinci ISBN 978-88-452-9691-8. * ''Aladino e la lampada magica'', Roma, Orecchio Acerbo, 2020, illustrazioni di Lorenzo Mattotti. * ''Non sono mai stata via. Vita in esilio di María Zambrano'', Palermo, RueBallu, 2020, illustrazioni di Pia Valentinis. * ''Il segreto'', Milano, Mondadori, 2021, ISBN 9788804737605, illustrazioni di Mara Cerri. * ''Il cortile delle sette fate'', Milano, Guanda, 2022, ISBN 9788823531277 Non-Fiction * ''Un’idea di infanzia. Libri, bambini e altra letteratura'', Trieste-Roma, Italo Svevo Editore, 2019 ISBN 978-88-99028-39-8.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Terranova, Nadia 1978 births Living people Writers from Messina 21st-century Italian novelists Italian women novelists University of Messina alumni University of Catania alumni