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Edition 75 (2004) Winner
Edoardo Albinati
エドアルド・アルビナーティ
Edoardo Albinati
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-10-11 （Rome）
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Rome
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, translator, teacher
- Active Years
- 1988-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Mondello Prize | Arabeschi della vita morale | First work | — | winner |
| 2004 | Viareggio Prize | Svenimenti | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Mondello Prize | — | Italian Author | — | winner |
| 2016 | Strega Prize | La scuola cattolica | — | — | winner |
Mondello Prize
1988
Work:
Arabeschi della vita morale
Category:
First work
Result:
winner
Viareggio Prize
2004
Work:
Svenimenti
Result:
winner
Mondello Prize
2012
Category:
Italian Author
Result:
winner
Strega Prize
2016
Work:
La scuola cattolica
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 70 (2016) Winner
Works
Major Works
Arabeschi della vita morale
1988 short storiesCollection of short stories marking his debut as a writer.
Il polacco lavatore di vetri
1989 novelNovel about a Polish window washer, adapted into a film.
Adaptations
- [film] The Ballad of the Windshield Washers / Peter Del Monte
Svenimenti
2004 novelNovel that won the Viareggio Prize.
La scuola cattolica
2016 semi-autobiographical novelSemi-autobiographical novel set in a Catholic school, winner of the Strega Prize.
Translations
- The Catholic School (trans. Antony Shugaar, 2019)
Translations by Author
- Coming Back: Diary of a Mission to Afghanistan (trans. Howard Curtis, 2014)
Legacy
Prominent Italian novelist who won the Strega Prize and Viareggio Prize. Teaches at Rebibbia prison.
Trivia
- Has worked as a teacher at Rebibbia prison since the mid-1990s.
- Participated in UNHCR missions to Afghanistan in 2002 and Chad in 2004.