Sara Rattaro
Sara Rattaro is an Italian writer.
Biography
Sara Rattaro holds degrees in Biology and Communication Studies, both from the University of Genoa. She worked as a pharmaceutical representative for some years before switching to full-time writing.Her novels mainly deal with women's lives, feelings and challenges. Spousal abuse, motherhood, family bonds are among the themes she explores in her writing.
She was awarded the Premio Bancarella for Niente è come te in 2015.
She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Splendi più che puoi in 2016.
Her novels have been translated in several languages, among them Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian.
In 2017, her first children's book, Il cacciatore di sogni was published.
Novels
Sulla sedia sbagliata, Milan: Morellini, 2010Un uso qualunque di te, Florence: Giunti, 2012Non volare via, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2013Niente è come te, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2014Splendi più che puoi, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2016L'amore addosso, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2017Il cacciatore di sogni, Milan: Mondadori, 2017Uomini che restano, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2018Sentirai parlare di me, Milan: Mondadori, 2019Awards
- 2014 - Premio Città di Rieti
- 2015 - Premio Bancarella
- 2015 - Premio Rhegium Julii - "Fortunato Seminara" Special Award
- 2016 - Rapallo Carige Prize
- 2017 - Fenice Europa Prize