Andrea Bajani
Andrea Bajani (born August 16, 1975 in Rome , Italy ) is an Italian writer and journalist .
Life
In his early youth, Bajani moved with his parents to Cuneo in Piedmont and later to Turin, where he lived until 2013 with minor interruptions due to scholarship and research stays abroad. In 2013 he went to Berlin. After his first two novels, he had his first major success in 2005 with Cordiali saluti ( Eng . With best regards ). After that, he concentrated on writing for theater and radio. Since then he has worked as a journalist for daily newspapers such as La Stampa , L'Unità and Il Sole 24 Ore .
In 2006 a report about the Italian precariat followed . Bajani used an old battle cry of the Italian workforce Mi Spezzo ma non m'impiego (I break, but I do not bow!) As the title. The novel Se consideri le colpe ( Eng . Lorenzo's journey ) from 2007 received several awards in Italy. After Domani niente scuola (tomorrow is no school) followed in 2010 Ogni promessa (Eng. Love and other promises ), which was also awarded in 2011.
In 2013 his book Mi riconosci ( Eng . Do you know me ) was published, in which he looks back in 22 episodes on his long friendship with the writer Antonio Tabucchi and deals with his dying and death in general.
Prices
- 2008: Premio Mondello for Se consideri le colpe ( Lorenzo's trip )
- 2008: Premio Recanati for Se consideri le colpe ( Lorenzo's trip )
- 2008: Premio Brancati for Se consideri le colpe ( Lorenzo's trip )
- 2011: Premio Bagutta for storytelling for Ogni Promessa ( love and other promises )
Works
- Morto un papa. (A Pope is dead), Portofranco editori, Fossa 2002.
- Qui non ci sono perdenti. (There are no losers here), PeQuod 2003.
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Cordiali saluti. Einaudi, Turin 2005, ISBN 88-06-17297-2 .
- German: Sincerely. By Pieke Biermann . dtv premium, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-24793-1 .
- Mi Spezzo ma non m'impiego. Einaudi, Turin 2006.
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Se consideri le colpe . Einaudi, Turin 2007, ISBN 978-88-06-19657-8 .
- German: Lorenzo's journey. By Pieke Biermann . dtv premium, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-24866-2 .
- Domani niente scuola. Einaudi, Turin 2008.
- La filia di Isaaco. 2009.
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Ogni promessa. Einaudi, Turin 2010, ISBN 978-88-06-20020-6 .
- German: love and other promises. By Pieke Biermann . dtv premium, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-423-24918-8 .
- Presente. (together with Michela Murgia , Paolo Nori and Giorgio Vasta) Einaudi, Turin 2012, ISBN 978-88-06-20945-2 .
- La mosca e il funerale . Nottetempo, 2012, ISBN 978-88-7452-354-2 .
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Mi riconosci . Feltrinelli, Milan 2013, ISBN 978-88-07-01943-2 .
- German: Do you recognize me by Pieke Biermann . dtv , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-14308-0 .
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La vita non è in ordine alfabetico . Einaudi, Turin 2014, ISBN 978-88-06-21321-3 (2015: ISBN 978-88-06-22617-6 ): a cycle of 38 short stories.
- German: Life does not stick to the alphabet by Pieke Biermann . dtv , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-423-28096-9 .
- Un bene al mondo . Einaudi, Turin 2016, ISBN 978-88-06-21315-2
- Translations
- Laurent Graeve: Sono un assassino . (Original: Je suis un assassin , 2002, Éditions du Rocher, Paris 2002), Index Libri, 2003, ISBN 88-461-0048-4 .
- Wole Soyinka : Clima di paura (Climate of Fear). Codize edizioni, 2005, ISBN 88-7578-017-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Andrea Bajani in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andrea Bajani website in German
- CV in German
- Einaudi-Verlag in Italian
- Book review in Italian
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography on the website of his German publisher
- ↑ Get out without a dash. In: FAZ . November 4, 2010, p. 32.
- ↑ Life doesn't stick to the alphabet. Review (in German) at books reviews. November 17, 2016, accessed December 3, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bajani, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th August 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |