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Nicoletta Vallorani

ニコレッタ・ヴァッロラーニ

Nikoretta Vuarrorāni

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1959-02-07 (Offida)
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian, English
Residence History
Offida → Milan

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator, Academic, Blogger
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
University of Milan
Nominations
Premio Campiello longlist, Premio Napoli longlist

Education

University of Milan
Foreign Languages
Degree: Degree in Foreign Languages
Country: Italy
Dissertation on Contemporary American Literature

Awards

Premio Urania
1992
Work: Il cuore finto di DR
Organization: Mondadori
Result: winner
Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Maria Teresa Di Lascia
2012
Work: Le madri cattive
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Il cuore finto di DR

1992 Science fiction/Noir

A science fiction/noir crossover novel.

IdentityUrban dystopia
Translations
  • Translated into French

Bibliography

  • Il cuore finto di DR (1992)
  • Dream box (1997)
  • Dentro la notte, e ciao (1995)
  • La fidanzata di Zorro (1999)
  • Luca De Luca detto Lince (1997)
  • Pagnotta e i suoi fratelli (1997)
  • Ahab e Azul (1997)
  • Cuore meticcio (1998)
  • I misti di Sur (1998)
  • Darjee (1999)
  • Le sorelle sciacallo (1999)
  • Occhi di lupo (2000)
  • Come una balena (2000)
  • La fatona (2002)
  • Eva (2002)
  • Visto dal cielo (2004)
  • Cordelia (2006)
  • Lapponi e criceti (2010)
  • Le madri cattive (2011)
  • Sulla sabbia di Sur (2012)
  • Hope - L'ultimo segreto del fuoco (2013)
  • Le sorelle sciacallo (2017)
  • Avrai i miei occhi (2020)
  • Noi siamo campo di battaglia (2022)

Translations of Works

  • 'The Catalog of Virgins' (translated by Rachel S. Cordasco, Clarkesworld 2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Blend of science fiction and noirCriticism of Italian SF, especially by women
Recurring Motifs
Identity explorationUrban underbelly

Legacy

Italian science fiction writer, winner of Premio Urania. Also an essayist focusing on women's SF.

Trivia

  • From Province of Ascoli Piceno