Michela Murgia

Michela Murgia, 2019

Michela Murgia (born June 3, 1972 in Cabras ) is an Italian writer.

Life

Michela Murgia studied theology and taught religion. In her first book ( Il mondo deve sapere ), which has already been filmed, she describes the precarious working conditions in a call center based on her own relevant experience. It is about the economic exploitation and psychological manipulation to which the temporary workers expose themselves. In May 2008 Murgia published a volume of short stories ( Viaggio in Sardegna. Undici percorsi nell'isola che non si vede ) about the little explored places on the island of Sardinia . Using eleven terms ranging from stone to sound to water and femininity , she unfolds the island's diverse mythological heritage. Michela Murgia's first novel Accabadora was published in May 2009. The novel is set in Sardinia in the 1950s and deals with issues of euthanasia and adoption . He has received several awards.

Murgia is a representative of the Sardinian literary nouvelle vague , also known as New Sardinian Literature . After a few years in Milan, Murgia is now back in Sardinia.

Works (selection)

• Il mondo deve sapere . Isbn Edizioni Publishing House, Milan 2006, ISBN 88-7638-044-2 .
  • Camilla in call center land . Novel. Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-8031-2667-2 .
• Viaggio in Sardegna. Undici percorsi nell'isola che non si vede. Einaudi Verlag, Turin 2008, ISBN 978-88-06-19244-0 .
  • Eleven ways across an island - Sardinian notes. Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-8031-1283-5 .
• Accabadora. Einaudi Verlag, Turin 2009, ISBN 978-88-06-19780-3 .
  • Accabadora . Novel. Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. DTV, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-14047-8 .
• Ave Mary. E la chiesa inventò la donna. Einaudi Verlag, Turin 2011, ISBN 978-88-06-20134-0 .
• with Andrea Bajani , Paolo Nori and Giorgio Vasta: Presente. Einaudi, Turin 2012, ISBN 978-88-06-20945-2 .
• L'incontro. Einaudi, Turin 2014, ISBN 978-88-06-21883-6 .
  • Marmot brothers . Novel. Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-8031-1305-4 .
• Chirú . Einaudi, Turin 2015 ISBN 978-88-06-20633-8 .
  • Chirú . Novel. Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 2017, ISBN 978-3-8031-3287-1 .
• Istruzioni per diventare fascisti . Einaudi, 2018
  • Becoming a fascist: a guide . Translated from the Italian by Julika Brandestini. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-8031-3686-2 .

Prizes and awards

• 2010 - Premio Campiello
• 2010 - Premio Mondello
• 2009 - Premio Dessì

Web links

• Literature by and about Michela Murgia in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Michela Murgia in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Michela Murgia , website
• Publications by Michela Murgia in the OPAC of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale
• Accabadora - escort into the hereafter. Michela Murgia's debut novel about an old Sardinian “service” , Die Berliner Literaturkritik , 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Power of Women. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. July 3, 2010, accessed November 7, 2012.
2. ^ Giulio Angioni , Cartas de Logu: scrittori sardi allo specchio , Cagliari, CUEC, 2007.
3. ↑ Sardinian literature from a hundred years. - an overview with reviews (in German) at book reviews. Retrieved May 22, 2015 .  
4. ^ Lillemor's Women's Literature, accessed November 7, 2012.