Rossana Campo
Appearance
Rossana Campo | |
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Born | Genoa, Italy | 17 October 1963
Occupation | novelist, essayist, painter |
Nationality | Italy |
Alma mater | University of Genoa |
Notable works | In principio erano le mutande (1992) |
Rossana Campo (born 17 October 1963 in Genoa, Italy) is an Italian writer and painter. She is of Neapolitan descent.[1] She was short-listed for the Strega Prize[2].
Biography
She graduated from University of Genoa, where she studied with Edoardo Sanguineti,[3] She writes about the themes of southern migrants in the Northern Italy, sexuality, and lesbianism.[4]
Bibliography
- In principio erano le mutande, ("In the beginning were the pants"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1992.
- Il pieno di super ("Premium gasoline full tank"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1993.
- Mai sentita così bene ("Never felt so good"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1995.
- L'Attore americano, ("The American actor"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1997.[5]
- Il Matrimonio di Maria, ("Maria's wedding"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1998.
- Mentre la mia bella dorme ("While my beauty sleeps"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1999.
- Sono pazza di te ("Mad about you"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 2001.
- L'Uomo che non ho sposato ("The man I didn't marry"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 2003.
- Duro come l'amore ("Hard as love"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 2005.
- Più forte di me ("Can't help it"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 2007.
- Lezioni di arabo ("Arabic lessons"), Feltrinelli, Milan, 2010.
- Felice per quello che sei. Confessioni di una buddista emotiva, Giulio Perrone editore, Rome, 2012.
- Il posto delle donne ("The place of women"), Ponte alle Grazie, Florence, 2013.[6]
- Piccoli Budda, Gallucci, Rome, 2013
- Fare l'amore ("Making love"), Ponte alle Grazie, Florence, 2014.
References
- ^ Corriere della Sera, June 12, 2001
- ^ "Rossana Campo". Premio Strega 2020 (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ Marrone, Gaetana (2007). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
- ^ "Rossana Campo". The Institute of Modern Languages Research. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ Viazmenski, Julia A. (2001). "Cinema as Negotiation in Rossana Campo's "L'attore americano"". Italica. 78 (2): 203–220. doi:10.2307/3656127. ISSN 0021-3020.
- ^ Repubblica review