Nadia Terranova

Nadia Terranova
Born1 January 1978 (1978-01) (age 46)
Messina, Italy
OccupationWriter

Nadia Terranova (born 1 January 1978) is an Italian author.

Life and career

Born in Messina, Terranova graduated in philosophy at the University of Messina, and then got a doctorate in modern history at the University of Catania.[1] In 2003 she moved to Rome, where she started her activity as a writer as the author of children books. Her debut novel Gli anni al contrario ("The years in reverse", 2015) got her critical appraise and several awards including the Bagutta Prize for best first work and the Premio Brancati.[1][2] The book was selected by La Repubblica as one of the best Italian books of the 2010s decade.[3]

Terranova's second novel Farewell, Ghosts (Italian: Addio fantasmi, 2018) was a finalist at the 2019 Strega Prize, losing to Antonio Scurati's M.[4][5] It also won several awards, including the Martoglio Prize [it] and Alassio Centolibri Prize [it], and Corriere della Sera ranked it sixth on their 2018 best books list.[5][6]

Terranova is also a contributor to several magazines and newspapers, an essayist, an author of short stories and a radio writer. In 2021 she made up her first graphic novel, Caravaggio e la ragazza, illustrated by Lelio Bonaccorso.[7][8] The same year she was a jury member of the "Horizons" section at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nadia Terranova Al microfono di Chiara Fanetti". RSI (in Italian). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ Vittorio Tumeo (9 May 2020). "La scrittrice messinese Nadia Terranova ospite di Amabili Confini". Tempo Stretto (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Raffaella De Santis (18 December 2019). "2010-2019, realtà, radici e storie collettive e personali. I romanzi e i saggi più belli di un decennio". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ Gianluigi Simonetti (8 July 2019). "Ma la letteratura non è un film". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Iria Cogliani (4 October 2020). ""È la cultura il motore di funzionamento di una società". Parola di Nadia Terranova". Day Italia News (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ Redazione Cultura (2 June 2019). "Libro del 2018, la classifica completa. I 475 titoli della giuria de". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ Francesco Musolino (18 February 2021). "Bonaccorso e Terranova: "Caravaggio a Messina, storia di luci e ombre"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Terranova-Bonaccorso, Caravaggio e la ragazza". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (in Italian). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  9. ^ Anna Mallamo (22 July 2021). "Venezia, nella giuria di Orizzonti la scrittrice messinese Nadia Terranova". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.