Andrei Longo

Andrej Longo (* 1959 in Ischia ) is an Italian writer.

Life

Andrej Longo grew up in Naples . His father gave him his name in accordance with one of the main characters of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy . Andrej Longo worked in Naples as a pizza baker, waiter and lifeguard. He began writing as an opera writer and radio editor. Today Andrej Longo works as a screenwriter in Rome, but his life's theme remains Naples. The people, the Italian family and the southern community occupy a large space in his literary work. His collection of short stories Ten has been translated into several languages, including German. His novel Sarahs Murderer is a bestseller in Italy.

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• Prima o poi tornerò (1992), Guide .
• Più o meno alle tre (2002), Meridiano Zero.
• Adelante (2003), Rizzoli.
• Dieci (2007), Adelphi.

Ten , German by Constanze Neumann, Eichborn, Frankfurt / M. 2010. ISBN 978-3821861128

• Chi ha ucciso Sarah? (2009), Adelphi.

Sarahs Mörder , German by Constanze Neumann, Eichborn, Cologne 2011. ISBN 978-3821861081

• Lu campo di girasoli (2011), Adelphi.

The sunflower field, German by Constanze Neumann, Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2012.

Awards

• Premio Nazionale Letterario Pisa (2003)
• Premio Bagutta (2008)
• Premio letterario Piero Chiara (2008)

Web links

• Maike Albath: Neapolitan Decalogue , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of September 22, 2010.
• Jobst-Ulrich Brand: The Mafia Book , Focus Magazine from April 23, 2010.
• Christine Westermann: Sarahs Murderer ( Memento from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), WDR 2 from April 24, 2011.