Simonetta Greggio is an Italian novelist who writes in French.

Biography

Born on 21 April 1961 in

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

, Italy, Simonetta Greggio moved to Paris, France, in 1981 and has been living there since. Before turning to literature, she contributed as a journalist to several magazines such as City,

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and Figaro Madame.

Career

Simonetta Greggio is the author of a dozen books and guides on "art de vivre". Her first novel, ''La douceur des hommes'', published by Stock in 2005, was voted one of the twenty best books of the year by French magazine '' Lire''. Her short novela, ''Etoiles'', published by Flammarion in 2006, is translated into six languages including Russian and Korean. Her second novel, ''Col de l’Ange'', published by Stock in 2007 awaits to be translated.

Bibliography

Novels: * 2005 : ''La douceur des hommes'',

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Publishers; 2007, Le Livre de Poche * 2006 : ''Étoiles'', Flammarion Publishers; 2008, Le Livre de Poche * 2007 : ''Col de l'Ange'',

* 2008 : ''Les mains nues'',

* 2010 : ''Dolce Vita'',

* 2011 : ''L'Odeur du figuier'', Flammarion Other Books: *2001 : ''La Côte d'Azur des jardins'' *2005 : ''Cuisine bio, avec Bonneterre'' *2006 : ''Saveurs d'Italie – 40 recettes et astuces''

External links

Stock Publishers website

Flammarion Publishers website

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