Paola Capriolo

Paola Capriolo (born January 1, 1962 in Milan , Italy ) is an Italian writer and translator.

Capriolo was born the daughter of a painter and a theater scholar. After graduating from high school, she began studying philosophy, which she did not finish and devoted herself to writing. Her works, which often oscillate between reality and fantasy, address the dualism between art and life and the experience of the (self-) alienation of their protagonists.

In addition to her literary work, she writes for the features section of Corriere della Sera and translates German literature into Italian.

Works (selection)

• 1988: La Grande Eulalia (The Stone Woman)
• 1989: La Nocchiero (The Helmsman)
• 1991: Il Doppio Regno (The Double Kingdom)
• 1995: La Spettatrice (The Spectator)
• 1996: Um Uomo di Carattere (A man of character)

Translations

• Thomas Mann : Death in Venice ( La morte a Venice , 1991)
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe : The Sorrows of Young Werther ( I dolori del giovane Werther , 1993)
• Gottfried Keller : Romeo and Juliet in the village ( Romeo e Giulietta al villaggio , 1994)
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe: The Elective Affinities ( Le affinità elettive , 1995)
• Arthur Schnitzler : Dream novel ( Doppio sogno , 2002)
• Franz Kafka : The Castle ( Il castello , 2002)
• Heinrich von Kleist : Michael Kohlhaas (2003)
• Adalbert Stifter : Colorful stones ( Pietre colorate , 2005)
• Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis ( La metamorfosi , 2011)
• Franz Kafka: The Trial ( Il Processo , 2015)

Honors

• 1988: Premio Giuseppe Berto
• 1990: Premio Rapallo Carige per la donna scrittrice for Il Nocchiero
• 1991: Sponsorship award from the Bertelsmann Book Club
• 1992: Premio Grinzane Cavour for Il Doppio Regno
• 1998: Premio Rhegium Julii
• 2006: Premio letterario Basilicata

source

• Anette Riedel: Capriolo, Paola . In: Authors Lexicon. Ed. V. Ute Hechtfischer, Renate Hof, Inge Stephan and Flora Veit-Wild. Frankfurt / M. Suhrkamp 2002, pp. 84f. ISBN 3518399187