Premio Campiello
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Edition 35 (1997) Winner
Marta Morazzoni
マルタ・モラッツォーニ
Marta Morazzoni
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1950-01-01 （Gallarate, Lombardy）
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Gallarate, Lombardy
Career
- Occupations
- writer, teacher, translator
- Active Years
- 1986-
- Affiliations
- Worked with Longanesi publishing house, Technical jury of the Premio Chiara (served as member and president)
- Influenced By
- Cesare Pavese, Marcel Proust, contemporary Scandinavian fiction
- Nominations
- 1986: La ragazza col turbante — finalist for the Strega Prize, 1988: L'invenzione della verità — Campiello selection (finalist), 1992: Casa materna — Campiello selection (finalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Milan | Faculty of Philosophy | — | — | — | Italy |
University of Milan
Faculty of Philosophy
Country:
Italy
Studied philosophy at the University of Milan after classical high school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Premio Campiello | Il caso Courrier | — | Premio Campiello organization | winner |
| 2001 | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize | Il caso Courrier | — | The Independent (UK) | winner |
| 2019 | Premio Chiara | — | — | Premio Chiara organization | winner |
| 1986 | Strega Prize | La ragazza col turbante | — | Strega Foundation | finalist |
Premio Campiello
1997
Work:
Il caso Courrier
Organization:
Premio Campiello organization
Result:
winner
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
2001
Work:
Il caso Courrier
Organization:
The Independent (UK)
Result:
winner
Premio Chiara
2019
Organization:
Premio Chiara organization
Result:
winner
Strega Prize
1986
Work:
La ragazza col turbante
Organization:
Strega Foundation
Result:
finalist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La ragazza col turbante (The Girl with the Turban)
1986 short story collectionHer debut short story collection exploring memory, interior life and aspects of female experience. Translated into nine languages.
memorypersonal truthfemale experience
L'invenzione della verità (The Invention of Truth)
1988 novelA novel that interrogates the relationship between truth and narrative; critically acclaimed and a Campiello selection.
truthnarrativememory
Casa materna (Mother's House)
1992 novelA novel dealing with family relationships and motherhood; reached the Campiello selection.
familymotherhoodinterplay of past and present
Il caso Courrier (The Courrier Case)
1997 novelA 1997 novel centered on characters' psychologies and the search for truth; it won the Premio Campiello and later international recognition.
search for truthhuman psychologyethics and responsibility
L'estuario (Estuary)
1996 novelA 1996 novel that uses natural environments as backdrop to explore human relationships.
naturehuman relationshipsmovement and boundaries
Una lezione di stile (A Lesson in Style)
2002 novelA work reflecting on style and modes of narration, questioning expression from a writer's perspective.
styleexpressionnarration
Un incontro inatteso per il consigliere Goethe (An Unexpected Meeting for Councillor Goethe)
2005 novelPublished in 2005; a later work that includes references to historical figures and cultural themes.
historical referencescultureunexpected encounters
Bibliography
- La ragazza col turbante (1986)
- L'invenzione della verità (1988)
- Casa materna (1992)
- L'estuario (1996)
- Il caso Courrier (1997)
- Una lezione di stile (2002)
- Un incontro inatteso per il consigliere Goethe (2005)
Translations by Author
- Translated Edith Wharton's The Gods Arrive into Italian as Il canto delle muse (1995, Corbaccio)
Translations of Works
- Her works have been translated into nine languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained prosenarrative focused on psychological descriptionquiet, observational tone
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the pastsearch for truthfamily and motherhood
Legacy
Marta Morazzoni is a critically acclaimed Italian writer, recipient of the Premio Campiello and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. As an educator, translator and juror she has contributed to contemporary Italian literature and holds a respected place within it.
Trivia
- Born in Gallarate and taught literature at a local high school.
- Debut La ragazza col turbante was translated into nine languages.
- Il caso Courrier won the Premio Campiello in 1997 and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2001.
- Translated Edith Wharton into Italian in 1995.
- Has served on the technical jury of the Premio Chiara and is associated with the prize (won in 2019).