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Paolo Giordano

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Paolo Giordano

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1982-12-19 (Turin)
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Turin, Italy

Career

Occupations
Writer, Physicist
Active Years
2008-2024

Education

University of Turin
Faculty of Science / Physics
Degree: PhD in theoretical particle physics
Country: Italy

Awards

Premio Strega
2008
Work: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Organization: Strega Prize committee
Result: winner
Premio Campiello
2008
Work: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Category: 新人賞
Organization: Premio Campiello committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

2008 Novel

A novel about the solitude of prime numbers.

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Adaptations
  • [Film] The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010)
Translations
  • Translated into thirty languages

Bibliography

  • The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2008), The Human Body (2012), Like Family (2014), Heaven and Earth (2018), How Contagion Works (2020), Tasmania (2022)

Adaptations

  • The Solitude of Prime Numbers (film, 2010), Dry (writer, 2022)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into thirty languages

Legacy

Italian writer who won the Strega Prize with his debut novel.

Trivia

  • Holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics.