Urania Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1993) Winner
Valerio Evangelisti
ヴァレリオ・エヴァンジェリスティ
Varerio Evangerisuti
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-06-20 （Bologna）
- Died
- 2022-04-18 （Bologna） age 69
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Bologna, Italy → Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Historian, Treasury Department worker
- Active Years
- 1993-2022
- Affiliations
- Director of Carmilla magazine
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bologna | — | Political Science | — | — | Italy |
University of Bologna
Political Science
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
Italy
Earned degree with a historical-political thesis
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Urania Award | Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore | — | Urania (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 2002 | ESFS award for Best Author | — | — | European Science Fiction Society | 受賞 |
Urania Award
1993
Work:
Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
Organization:
Urania (magazine)
Result:
受賞
ESFS award for Best Author
2002
Organization:
European Science Fiction Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nicolas Eymerich, inquisitore
1994 Science fictionFirst novel in the series featuring the inquisitor Nicolas Eymerich, investigating mysterious phenomena in medieval Europe.
InquisitionMedievalSupernatural
Magus: Il Presagio
1999 Historical novelFirst part of the romanticized biography of Nostradamus trilogy.
ProphecyMiddle AgesHistory
Tortuga
2008 Historical novelNovel about pirates in the Caribbean.
PiratesCaribbean
Bibliography
- Storia del partito socialista rivoluzionario 1881-1893 (1981)
- Il galletto rosso, precariato e conflitto di classe in Emilia Romagna 1880-1890 (1982)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dark, nightmarish atmospheresBlending historical facts with fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Inquisitor Nicolas EymerichMedieval mysteriesApocalyptic themes
Legacy
Known as an Italian science fiction and fantasy writer, famous for the Nicolas Eymerich series, translated into many languages and part of the New Italian Epic.
Trivia
- Born in Bologna, owned a house in Mexico.
- Loved heavy metal music and wrote related works.