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Mauro Corona

マウロ・コローナ

Mauro Corona

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-08-09 （Baselga di Piné, Italy）
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Religion
Believes in God but not affiliated with a particular religion

Career

Occupations
Writer, Mountaineer, Wood carver
Active Years
1975-
Influenced By
Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Miguel de Cervantes, Mario Rigoni Stern
Influenced
Erri De Luca (contemporary writer and friend)

Education

Institute for Survey Marinoni, Udine
Country: Italy
Attended for economic reasons; did not complete studies at the Don Bosco boarding school.

Awards

Cardo d'argento (Premio ITAS del Libro di Montagna)
2008
Work: Cani, camosci, cuculi (e un corvo)
Organization: Premio ITAS del libro di montagna
Result: winner
Premio Bancarella
2011
Work: La fine del mondo storto
Organization: Premio Bancarella
Result: winner
Mario Rigoni Stern Award
2014
Work: La voce degli uomini freddi
Category: narrative
Organization: Mario Rigoni Stern Award
Result: winner
Premio Selezione Campiello (selection)
2014
Organization: Premio Campiello
Result: selected
Award for the environment (Tignano Festival)
2016
Organization: Tignano Festival
Result: winner
La Tore literary award
2021
Organization: La Tore (Isola d'Elba)
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cani, camosci, cuculi (e un corvo)

2007 Short story collection (stories focused on mountains and nature)

A collection of short stories about life in the mountains and forests, evoking nostalgia and reverence for nature. Winner of the Premio ITAS in 2008.

mountainsnaturenostalgiahuman-animal relationship
Translations
  • Chinese translation available
  • German translation available
  • Spanish translation available

La fine del mondo storto

2010 Novel

A novel that portrays the mountain village and its inhabitants, exploring human-nature relationships and memories of the past. Winner of the Premio Bancarella in 2011.

memorylocal identitynature and humanity

Bibliography

  • Il volo della martora (1997)
  • Le voci del bosco (1998)
  • Aspro e dolce (2004)
  • La fine del mondo storto (2010)
  • La voce degli uomini freddi (2013)

Adaptations

  • Appeared in the film Vajont (played bartender Pietro Corona)
  • Contributed to several documentaries about his life

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into Chinese, German and Spanish

Style & Themes

Literary Style
plain, direct narrationdetailed depictions of mountain and forest landscapeselements of folklore and oral storytelling
Recurring Motifs
mountains and forestsanimalsmemory and nostalgiamanual labor and wood carving

Legacy

Mauro Corona is an important figure in Italian mountain and regional literature, producing works rooted in his experience as a wood carver and mountaineer. He has won several major literary prizes and become widely known through translations, film contributions and television appearances.

In Popular Culture

  • Frequent media presence including regular appearances on TV program Cartabianca and participation in music video projects

Quotes

  • “For me this award has a different value and not only because Mario Rigoni Stern and his pages moved me [...] When I'll get home tonight and look in the mirror, I'll tell myself that perhaps I made it out of hell.”
    Source: Acceptance remarks regarding the Mario Rigoni Stern Award (2014) (2014)

Trivia

  • Grew up in the area affected by the Vajont disaster (1963), an experience that influenced his writing.
  • Continues to work as a wood carver and mountaineer alongside writing.
  • His daughter Marianna Corona made her literary debut in 2021.
  • Appeared as an actor in the film Vajont.