Milena Agus
Milena Agus (born 1955) is a Sardinian author. She is one of the leading novelists[citation needed] in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia.
Biography
Milena Agus was born in Genova to Sardinian parents. She lives and works in Cagliari, where previously she taught Italian and History at the Meucci Technical Institute. She then moved to teaching at the creative school in Cagliari called Fois Fois. She is a practitioner of the 'New Sardinian Literature'.
Her first novel, While the Shark is Sleeping (Nottetempo, 2005) had two reprints within as many months, but it was Mal di Pietre (From the Land of the Moon in English) which brought her to the attention of a wide audience[citation needed]. Translated into five languages, it was a bestseller in France, where it rose to international fame[citation needed]. Mal di Pietra won the Strega prize, the Campiello prize, and the Stresa di Narrativa prize.
Works
- While the Shark is Sleeping, Rome, Nottetempo, 2005
- From the Land of the Moon, Rome, Nottetempo, 2006
- Perché scrivere, Rome, Nottetempo, 2007
- Scrivere è una tana. La Sardegna pure, in AA. VV. (Edited by Giulio Angioni), Cartas de logu: scrittori sardi allo specchio, Cagliari, CUEC, 2007
- The Neighbour, Cagliari, Tiligù, 2008
- Ali di Babbo, Roma, Nottetempo, 2008
- La Contessa di Ricotta, Roma, Nottetempo, 2009
- Nascosto al giorno. Il piacere di leggere e di scrivere, (con Ettore Cannas), Cagliari, Tiligù, 2010
- Sottosopra, Rome, Nottetempo, 2011
- Guardati dalla mia Fame (with Luciana Castellina), Nottetempo, 2014
Prizes
- Junturus Prize 2004, for Mal di Pietre
- Relay Prize («roman d'évasion») in France
- Forte Village Prize 2007
- Campiello Prize, Jury's special selection 2007
- Santa Marinella Peize 2007
- Elsa Morante Prize 2007
