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==Works include== |
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* ''Compleanno dell'iguana'' Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, 1991. {{isbn|9788804350507}} |
* ''Compleanno dell'iguana'' (''Birthday of the Iguana'') Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, 1991. {{isbn|9788804350507}} |
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* ''La guerra degli Antò'', Einaudi, Torino, |
* ''La guerra degli Antò'', (''The war of Anto'') Einaudi, Torino, 1992. {{isbn|9788806172688}} |
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* ''I giorni della Rotonda'' Rizzoli, Milano, 2009. {{isbn|9788817036603}} |
* ''I giorni della Rotonda'' Rizzoli, Milano, 2009. {{isbn|9788817036603}} |
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* ''Amiche mie : romanzo'' Mondadori, Milano, 2014. {{isbn|9788804634393}} |
* ''Amiche mie : romanzo'' Mondadori, Milano, 2014. {{isbn|9788804634393}} |
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* ''La nuova stagione'' Bompiani, Milano, Italia, 2019. {{isbn|9788845299056}} |
* ''La nuova stagione'' Bompiani, Milano, Italia, 2019. {{isbn|9788845299056}} |
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* ''La Sibilla : vita di Joyce Lussu'', GLF Editori Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2022. {{isbn|9788858147535}} |
* ''La Sibilla : vita di Joyce Lussu'', GLF Editori Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2022. {{isbn|9788858147535}} |
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* Contribution to the anthology ''Papergang, under 25'', 1990 |
* Contribution to the anthology ''Papergang, under 25'', 1990 |
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* {{cite book | last=Adamo | first=Giuliana | title=Narrativa italiana recente = Recent Italian fiction : note su vari autori e problemi degli anni Novanta e del nuovo millennio, e su Niccolò Ammaniti, Silvia Ballestra, Stefano Benni, Diego de Silva, Dacia Maraini, Melania Mazzucco, Simona Vinci | publisher=Trauben ; Department of Italian, Trinity College | publication-place=Torino, Dublin (Ireland) | year=2005 | isbn=978-88-88398-99-0 | oclc=63888872 | language=it}} |
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*''Birthday of the Iguana'', 1991, Transeuropea and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore |
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* {{cite book | last=King | first=Martha | title=After the War: a collection of short fiction by postwar Italian women | date=2004 | isbn=978-0-934977-55-5}} |
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*''The war of Anto'', 1992 |
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*''The hills across the street. A trip around the life of Tullio Pericoli'', Rizzoli, 2011. {{ISBN|9788817052849}} |
*''The hills across the street. A trip around the life of Tullio Pericoli'', Rizzoli, 2011. {{ISBN|9788817052849}} |
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Silvia Ballestra | |
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| Born | 1969 |
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Silvia Ballestra (born 1969) is an Italian writer. In 2006 she won the Rapallo Carige Prize.
Life
Ballestra was born in Porto San Giorgio in 1969.
She was discovered by Pier Vittorio Tondelli and began publishing novels, short stories and essays since 1990.
Her debut book was Birthday of the Iguana[1] and it has been translated into several languages. From that book and the following book La guerra degli Antò was taken the script of a film, The Anto War by Riccardo Milani. She has a degree in Foreign Languages and Literature. She has edited various translations from both French and English. She has worked with the newspaper L'Unità and several magazines and other newspapers. She has lived and worked in Milan.
In 2006 she won the Rapallo Carige Prize for La seconda Dora.[2]
Works include
- Compleanno dell'iguana (Birthday of the Iguana) Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, 1991. ISBN 9788804350507
- La guerra degli Antò, (The war of Anto) Einaudi, Torino, 1992. ISBN 9788806172688
- The youthfulness of Miss NN, 1998
- I giorni della Rotonda Rizzoli, Milano, 2009. ISBN 9788817036603
- Amiche mie : romanzo Mondadori, Milano, 2014. ISBN 9788804634393
- La nuova stagione Bompiani, Milano, Italia, 2019. ISBN 9788845299056
- La Seconda Dora
- La Sibilla : vita di Joyce Lussu, GLF Editori Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2022. ISBN 9788858147535
- Anthologies
- Contribution to the anthology Papergang, under 25, 1990
- Adamo, Giuliana (2005). Narrativa italiana recente = Recent Italian fiction : note su vari autori e problemi degli anni Novanta e del nuovo millennio, e su Niccolò Ammaniti, Silvia Ballestra, Stefano Benni, Diego de Silva, Dacia Maraini, Melania Mazzucco, Simona Vinci (in Italian). Torino, Dublin (Ireland): Trauben ; Department of Italian, Trinity College. ISBN 978-88-88398-99-0. OCLC 63888872.
- King, Martha (2004). After the War: a collection of short fiction by postwar Italian women. ISBN 978-0-934977-55-5.
- The hills across the street. A trip around the life of Tullio Pericoli, Rizzoli, 2011. ISBN 9788817052849
References
- ^ Silvia Ballestra, Oxford Index, retrieved 5 April 2014
- ^ List of winners, gruppocarige.it
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