European Union Prize for Literature
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Edition 14 (2022) Nominee
Daniele Mencarelli
ダニエレ・メンカレッリ
Daniele Mencarelli
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-04-26 （Rome）
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet
- Active Years
- 2000-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Volponi Prize | The House of Gazes | — | — | winner |
| — | Severino Cesari Prize | The House of Gazes | — | — | winner |
| — | John Fante Prize | The House of Gazes | First book | — | winner |
| — | Strega Giovani Award | Everything Calls for Salvation | — | — | winner |
| — | EU Prize for Literature | Sempre tornare | — | European Union | winner |
Volponi Prize
Work:
The House of Gazes
Result:
winner
Severino Cesari Prize
Work:
The House of Gazes
Result:
winner
John Fante Prize
Work:
The House of Gazes
Category:
First book
Result:
winner
Strega Giovani Award
Work:
Everything Calls for Salvation
Result:
winner
EU Prize for Literature
Work:
Sempre tornare
Organization:
European Union
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tempo Circolare
poetryA poetry collection composed of lyrical, fragmentary poems that explore memory and emotion.
memorytimeloneliness
The House of Gazes
2018 novel (autobiographical)The first volume of an autobiographical trilogy. Through intersecting gazes, it examines self and other, and the instability of the mind.
gazeself and othermental state
Adaptations
- [film] The House of Gazes (film) (2024)
Translations
- The House of Gazes — translated by Octavian MacEwen
Everything Calls for Salvation
2020 novel (autobiographical)The second volume of the trilogy, based on the author's psychiatric hospitalization experience; it deals with recovery, forgiveness, and reintegration into daily life. Adapted as an Italian Netflix Original series.
psychiatric hospitalizationrecoveryforgiveness
Adaptations
- [TV / streaming] Everything Calls for Salvation (Netflix series)
Translations
- Everything Calls for Salvation — translated by Wendy Wheatley
Sempre tornare
novel (autobiographical)The third volume of the trilogy focusing on return, repetition, and reconciliation with the past; recipient of the EU Prize for Literature.
returnreconciliationmemory
Bibliography
- Tempo Circolare
- The House of Gazes
- Everything Calls for Salvation
- Sempre tornare
Adaptations
- La casa degli sguardi (film, 2024)
- Tutto chiede salvezza (Netflix Original series)
Translations of Works
- The House of Gazes — translated by Octavian MacEwen
- Everything Calls for Salvation — translated by Wendy Wheatley
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- autobiographical realismconcise, candid prose
- Recurring Motifs
- gaze (seeing and being seen)hospitals and treatmentfamily and memoryrecovery and forgiveness
Health
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psychiatric hospitalization experienceServes as a central subject of his work, informing themes of recovery and social reintegration.
Legacy
A contemporary Italian writer best known for an autobiographical trilogy. His frank portrayals of mental recovery and human relationships have earned critical acclaim and popular attention, with multiple screen adaptations.
In Popular Culture
- Netflix adaptation of Tutto chiede salvezza
- Film adaptation of La casa degli sguardi (2024)
Trivia
- La casa degli sguardi is the first volume of a trilogy and won several debut-book prizes.
- Tutto chiede salvezza was adapted into a Netflix series.
- Sempre tornare won the EU Prize for Literature.