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Rossana Campo
Born (1963-10-17) 17 October 1963 (age 60)
Genoa, Italy
Occupationnovelist, essayist, painter
Nationality Italy
Alma materUniversity of Genoa
Notable worksIn 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] In 1992, she won a Capri Prize.[2] She was short-listed for the Strega Prize[3].

Biography

She graduated from University of Genoa, where she studied with Edoardo Sanguineti, and Ernesto Cerulli,[2] 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

  1. ^ Corriere della Sera, June 12, 2001
  2. ^ a b Marrone, Gaetana (2007). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
  3. ^ "Rossana Campo". Premio Strega 2020 (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ^ "Rossana Campo". The Institute of Modern Languages Research. 2017-03-21. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Repubblica review
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