Paolo Cognetti

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Paolo Cognetti (born January 27, 1978 in Milan ) is an Italian writer.

Life

Paolo Cognetti studied mathematics, gave up his studies and trained in film at the Civica Scuola di Cinema di Milano. Cognetti made several documentaries.

Cognetti writes short stories and novels. He won the Premio Subway Letteratura in 2003 with the story Fare ordine , the Premio Lo Straniero in 2009 and was shortlisted at the Premio Strega in 2013 with the story volume Sofia si veste semper di nero . He also won the Premio Fucini, the Premio Settembrini and was a finalist at the Premio Chiara. In 2017 he received the Premio Strega for Le otto montagne (German: eight mountains) in Italy and the Prix ​​Médicis étranger ( Les huit montagnes ) in France .

Reception "Eight Mountains"

The femundo portal praised the novel "Eight Mountains" as a powerful visual description of nature and the emotional portrait of a friendship between men:

“The novel accompanies the two boys from childhood to midlife. In addition to the big, outwardly decisive events - marriage, birth, death - Cognetti tells of the invisible turning points in life, the moments when inner doors close and the outlook in new directions is blocked for the time being. "

- femundo.de

The Süddeutsche Zeitung looks at the novel against the background of an Italian version of native literature and writes:

“Cognetti's heroes are left-wing dropouts who are alien to the secessionism of the political right, but they are taking back the social adjustment of their fathers. Your vanishing point is the mountains. "

- Maike Albath : Süddeutsche Zeitung

Works (selection)

  • Senza mai arrivare in cima. Viaggio in Himalayas . Turin: Einaudi, 2018
    • Walking without ever climbing the summit . Translation by Christiane Burkhardt. Munich: Penguine Verlag, 2019
  • Le otto montagne . Turin: Einaudi, 2016
    • Eight Mountains: Roman . Translation by Christiane Burkhardt. Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2017
  • Tutte le mie preghiere guardano verso Ovest . EDT 2014
  • A pesca nelle pozze più profonde. Meditazioni sull'arte di scrivere racconti . Rome: Minimum fax, 2014
  • with Mara Cerri: Il nuotatore . Rome: Orecchio Acerbo, 2013
  • Il ragazzo selvatico. Quaderno di montagna . Milan: Terre di Mezzo, 2013
    • Fontane Numero 1. A summer in the mountains . Translation by Barbara Sauser. Zurich: Edition Blau in Rotpunktverlag, 2017
  • Sofia si veste semper di nero . Rome: Minimum fax, 2012
    • Sofia always wears black . Translated from the Italian by Christiane Burkhardt. Penguin, 2018
  • New York is a finestra senza tende . Travel Guide. Bari: Laterza, 2010
  • Una cosa piccola che sta per esplodere . Rome: Minimum fax, 2007
  • Manuals per ragazze di successo . Rome: Minimum fax, 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About closeness and alienation. femundo.de, January 26, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ On the plateau. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 3, 2017, accessed on February 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cognetti, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan