Adriana Trigiani

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Adriana Trigiani (* 1970 in Big Stone Gap , Virginia , United States ) is an American writer .

Trigiani is the daughter of Italian immigrants and grew up in a rural area.

She discovered her love for theater and literature at an early age. She turned her passion into a profession early on, wrote stories and scripts, received awards and prizes and now also writes for television. The author now lives with her husband and daughter in New York .

Trigiani's birthplace, Big Stone Gap, is known as the place where Elizabeth Taylor once choked on the bone of a chicken wing during a promotional tour and was taken to the hospital. Trigiani takes up this experience in her first novel The Best Summer of Our Lives . Her books are published in Germany by Heyne Verlag , with one exception by Hanser Verlag .

Works (in German)

Big Stone Gap Series

  • The best summer of our life (OT: Big Stone Gap), German by Caroline Einhäupl. Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-17856-4
  • Herbstwolken (OT: Big Cherry Holler), German by Susanne Höbel. Heyne, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-453-21407-2
  • Spring moon (OT: Milk Glass Moon), German Susanne Höbel. Heyne, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-453-87418-8
  • Himmelslichter (OT: Home to Big Stone Gap), German by Angelika Felenda. Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-40660-5

Single novels

  • Lucia, Lucia . (OT: Lucia Lucia), German by Angelika Felenda. Heyne, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-453-00082-7
  • Like birds in the wind (OT: Queen of Big Time), German by Angelika Felenda. Heyne, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-81071-6
  • House of Dreams (OT: Rococo), German by Angelika Felenda. Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-40507-3
  • Viola's moving life (OT: Viola in Reel Life), German by Anja Hansen-Schmidt. Hanser, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-446-23796-4

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personal data
SURNAME Trigiani, Adriana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Big Stone Gap , Virginia , United States