Tiziano Scarpa (born 16 May 1963) is an Italian novelist, playwright and poet. Born in

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

, he won the 2009 Strega Prize for his novel, ''Stabat mater''.

Selected works

*''Venice is a fish'' (2003) *''Stabat mater'' (2009)

References

Scarpa wins strega prize
1963 births Living people 21st-century Italian novelists Strega Prize winners Writers from Venice Italian male poets {{Italy-writer-stub