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Margaret Mazzantini

マーガレット・マッツァンティーニ

Māgaretto Mazzantīnī

Aliases: Margaret Donnelly

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1961-10-27 (Dublin, Ireland)
Nationality
Italy, Ireland
Languages
Italian, English
Residence History
Various places in Europe → Spain → Tangier → Tivoli, Italy → Rome, Italy

Career

Occupations
Writer, Actress
Active Years
1980-2024
Nominations
2004 David Award nomination for Best Screenplay (Don't Move), 2005 Goya Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (Don't Move)

Education

Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Dramatic Arts
Period: 1982年卒業
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: Italy
Drama academy in Rome

Awards

Premio Strega
2002
Work: Non ti muovere
Result: 受賞
Campiello Prize
2009
Work: Venuto al mondo
Result: 受賞
Rapallo Carige Prize
1994
Work: Il Catino Di Zinco
Result: 受賞
Rapallo Carige Prize
2002
Work: Non ti muovere
Result: 受賞
Silver Ribbon
2005
Work: Don't Move
Category: 最優秀脚本賞
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Non ti muovere / Don't Move

2001 Novel

A surgeon recalls his past affair after his daughter's accident.

LoveAffairLoss
Adaptations
  • [Film] Don't Move / Sergio Castellitto (2004)
Translations
  • Translated by John Cullen (English)

Bibliography

  • Il Catino Di Zinco (1994)
  • Manola (1998)
  • Non ti muovere (2001)
  • Zorro. Un eremita sul marciapiede (2004)
  • Venuto al mondo (2008)
  • Nessuno si salva da solo (2011)
  • Mare al mattino (2011)
  • Splendore (2013)

Translations of Works

  • Don't Move (English)
  • Twice Born (English)

Legacy

One of Italy's leading contemporary writers, known for collaborations with husband Sergio Castellitto.

Trivia

  • Father is Italian writer Carlo Mazzantini, mother is Irish artist Anne Donnelly.
  • Married to Sergio Castellitto with four children.