Paola Capriolo
Paola Capriolo is an Italian novelist and translator.
The daughter of a theatre critic and translator from Liguria and an artist from Turin, she was born in Milan and was educated at the University of Milan, receiving a degree in philosophy in 1996. In 1988, she published her first book La grande Eulalia, a collection of short stories which won the Giuseppe Berto Prize.
Her work explores a reality outside of day-to-day life. Myth plays an important role in her writing. She often is inspired by music, including references to music and making use of musical metaphors.
Capriolo is also a reviewer for Corriere della Sera and a translator of German fiction. Her work has been translated into several languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Dutch and Japanese.
Selected works
Novels/short stories
Il nocchiero, received the Rapallo Carige Prize in 1990 and was a finalist for the Premio Campiello in 1991Il doppio regno was a finalist for the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 1992Vissi d’amore La spettatrice Un uomo di carattere Barbara Una di loro Qualcosa nella notte. Storia di Gilgamesh, signore di Uruk, e dell'uomo selvatico cresciuto tra le gazzelle ll pianista muto Caino- ''Mi ricordo''
Children's literature
La ragazza dalla stella d'oro L’amico invisibile Maria Callas Indira Gandhi- ''La macchina dei sogni''