Francesca Melandri
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Francesca Melandri (born Rome, 1964) is an Italian novelist, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Più alto del mare in 2012.[1]
She started writing very young, working first as a screenwriter, and has worked on films and television series, as well as a number of prize winning documentaries.
In 2010 she published her first novel, Eva dorme (Eva Sleeps), set in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria, a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict and the search for truth. The novel, which won several literary prizes in 2010 and 2011, was translated into English by Katherine Gregor (2016),[2] as well as into German, Dutch and French.
Melandri's second novel, Più alto del mare was published in 2012 and it has also won several literary prizes.
References
- ^ "Precedenti vincitrici premio Rapallo Carige - Gruppo Banca Carige". Gruppocarige.it. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609453237/eva-sleeps
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