Maurizio Maggiani

Maurizio Maggiani (born October 1, 1951 in Castelnuovo Magra , La Spezia province ) is an Italian writer .

biography

Coming from a humble background, Maggiani often changed jobs before finally finding his way to writing. So he was u. a. as a prison teacher, teacher for blind children, photographer, cutter, assistant director, designer of hydraulic pumps as well as in advertising and in the city administration. In 1987 he won the prize for unpublished works ( Premio Inedito - L'Espresso ) donated by the weekly magazine L'Espresso with the story Prontuario per la donna senza cuore (German: Handbook for the woman without a heart ). In the years that followed, his works were very successful with readers and critics.

For his novel Il Coraggio del pettirosso ( The Courage of the Robin ), he was awarded the Premio Viareggio and the Premio Campiello in 1995. Further awards followed: La Regina disadorna ( Queen without jewelry ) won the Premio Alassio and the Premio Stresa di Narrativa in 1999 . His most successful novel to date, Il viaggiatore notturno ( Travelers in the Night ) earned him the Premio Strega , the Premio Ernest Hemingway from the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro and the Premio Letterario Parco Maiella from the municipality of Abbateggio ( Pescara province ) in 2005 .

Maggiani also writes as a columnist for the Genoese daily Il Secolo XIX and the Turin-based La Stampa . He publishes podcasts for his publisher Feltrinelli under the title Il viaggiatore zoppo ( The hobble traveler ) .

Works

Original editions

• Vi ho già tutti sognato una volta (1990)
• Felice alla guerra (1992)
• Il coraggio del pettirosso (1995); Premio Viareggio and Premio Campiello 1995
• Màuri, màuri (1996)
• La regina disadorna (1998); Premio Alassio and Premio Stresa di Narrativa 1999
• Un contadino in mezzo al mare. Viaggio a piedi lungo le rive da Castelnuovo a Framura (2000)
• È stata una vertigine (2003)
• Il viaggiatore notturno (2005); Premio Strega, Premio Ernest Hemingway and Premio Letterario Parco Maiella 2005
• Mi sono perso a Genova: una guida (2007)
• Storia della meraviglia (with Gian Piero Alloisio) (2008)
• Meccanica Celeste (2010);

German translations

• The robin's courage . Translated by Barbara Schaden. Berlin: Berlin-Verlag, 1996
• Queen without jewelry . Translated by Andreas Löhrer. Hamburg: Edition Nautilus , Hamburg 2001.
• Love is a hoax. Narratives . Translated by Egon Günther. Hamburg: Edition Nautilus, 2004
• Travelers in the night . Translated by Andreas Löhrer. Hamburg: Edition Nautilus, 2007
• Celestial mechanics . Translated by Andreas Löhrer. Hamburg: Edition Nautilus, 2012

Web links

• Literature by and about Maurizio Maggiani in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography at the Feltrinelli publishing house (Italian)
• Maggiani's website (Italian)
• Interview with Milena Mencarelli from September 30, 2005 (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography at perlentaucher.de
2. ↑ Feltrinelli podcast Il viaggiatore zoppo ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Stories from the rural world , review by Maike Albath on Deutschlandradio Kultur on sky mechanics , July 10, 2012