Paolo Cognetti (born 27 January 1978) is an
Italian
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writer and filmmaker, winner of the 2017
Strega Prize.
Biography
Born in Milan, he initially studied mathematics at university, but quit to enroll at Milan's film-making school ''Civica Scuola di Cinema «Luchino Visconti»'', where he graduated in 1999.
His first work as a writer was the short story ''Fare ordine''; he then published various collections of short stories.
In 2016, he published his first novel ''
The Eight Mountains'' which granted him the
Strega Prize,
Italy
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′s most prestigious literary award, as well as various international awards, such as the
Prix Médicis
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a film of the same name.
He has dedicated various books and documentaries to
New York City
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, a city he visits frequently. A keen
hiker and lover of the mountains, he lives in the
Alps
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...
for a few months every year.
Works
*''Fare ordine.
enere: storia d'amore; 1 racconto da 5 fermate', Milan, 2003
* ''Manuale per ragazze di successo'', Minimum Fax, Rome, 2004
* ''Una cosa piccola che sta per esplodere'', Minimum Fax, Rome, 2007
* ''Sofia si veste sempre di nero'', Minimum Fax, Rome, 2012
*''Il nuotatore'', with
Mara Cerri, Rome, 2013
* ''
Le otto montagne (The Eight Mountains)'', Einaudi, Turin, 2016
*''La felicità del Lupo'', Einaudi, Turin, 2021
*''Giù nella valle'', Einaudi, Turin, 2023
Essays
* ''New York è una finestra senza tende'', 2010
* ''Il ragazzo selvatico. Quaderno di montagna'', Milan, 2013
* ''A pesca nelle pozze più profonde'', Roma, 2014
* ''Tutte le mie preghiere guardano verso ovest'', 2014
*''Senza mai arrivare in cima'', Turin, Einaudi, 2018
*''L'Antonia. Poesie, lettere e fotografie di Antonia Pozzi scelte e raccontate da Paolo Cognetti'', Milan, Ponte alle Grazie, 2021.
Filmography
*''Vietato scappare'' (1999)
*''Isbam'' (2000)
*''Box'' (2001)
*''Tango'' (2001)
*''Cameracar'' (2002)
*''Scrivere/New York'', 2004
*''Sogni di Grande Nord'', 2021
*''
The Eight Mountains'', 2022 (story)
*''Fiore mio'', 2024
References
External links
Sito casa editrice minimum fax, scheda di Paolo Cognetti
1978 births
Living people
Writers from Milan
21st-century Italian male writers
21st-century Italian novelists
Strega Prize winners
Italian male novelists
Prix Médicis étranger winners
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