Simona Vinci (born 6 March 1970) is an Italian writer.
Life
Vinci was born in
Milan
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and studied modern literature at the
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...
. Vinci was a member of the editorial board for the online literary magazine ''Incubatoio 16''. In 2000, she hosted the cultural television program ''Cenerentola''.
In 1997, Vinci published the novel ''Dei bambini non si sa niente''; in 2000, it was awarded the Elsa Morante award for best first work. It was translated into a number of different languages;
its English title is ''A Game We Play''. In Italy, the novel has been praised by some critics and condemned as perverted by others.
Selected works[ ]
* ''In tutti i sensi come l'amore'', short stories (1999), finalist for the
Premio Campiello
The ''Premio Campiello'' is an annual Italian literary prize.
A jury of literary experts (''giuria di letterati'' in Italian) identifies books published during the year and, in a public hearing, selects five of those as finalists. These books ...
, translated into English as ''In Every Sense Like Love: Stories'' (2001)
* ''Corri Matilda'', children's literature (1998)
* ''Matildacity'', children's literature (1998)
* ''Come prima delle madri'', novel (2003), finalist for the Premio Campiello
* ''Stanza 411'', autobiographical fiction (2005)
References
1970 births
Living people
Italian women novelists
Italian women short story writers
21st-century Italian novelists
University of Bologna alumni
Writers from Milan
21st-century Italian short story writers
21st-century Italian women writers
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