Paolo Giordano

Paolo Giordano (2008)

Paolo Giordano (born December 19, 1982 in Turin ) is an Italian writer. His first book The Loneliness of the Prime Numbers was Italy's best-selling book in 2008. In 2008 it received the prestigious Premio Strega and the Premio Campiello for the first novel.

Paolo Giordano is a physicist who obtained his master's degree in theoretical physics and received his doctorate in theoretical / particle physics from the University of Turin in February 2010 . He also writes for the daily Corriere della Sera , which he points out on his homepage.

Honourings and prices

• 2008 Premio Strega

Works

• La solitudine dei numeri primi. Mondadori, Milan 2008, ISBN 88-04-57702-9 .
  • The loneliness of the prime numbers , novel, translated by Bruno Genzler . Karl Blessing Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-89667-397-8 .
• Il corpo umano . Mondadori, Milan 2012, ISBN 978-88-04-61625-2 .
  • The human body , translated by Barbara Kleiner . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-498-02525-0 .
• Il nero e l'argento , Giulio Einaudi Editore, Turin 2014, ISBN 978-88-06-22161-4 .
  • Black and Silver , translated by Barbara Kleiner. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-498-02531-1 .
• Divorare il cielo , Einaudi, Turin 2018, ISBN 978-88-06-24113-1 .
  • Storming the sky , novel, from the Italian by Barbara Kleiner, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-498-02533-5 .
• Nel contagio , Einaudi, Turin 2020, ISBN 978-88-06-24676-1 .
  • In times of contagion. How the corona pandemic is changing our lives . Translated from the Italian by Barbara Kleiner Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-499-00564-0 (e-book).

Web links

• Paolo Giordano's website
• Literature by and about Paolo Giordano in the catalog of the German National Library
• Paolo Giordano in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Paolo Giordano at perlentaucher.de | * Portrait: international literature festival berlin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paolo Giordano's debut novel "The loneliness of the prime numbers". September 30, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Reviews "The loneliness of the prime numbers". October 13, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2009 . 
3. ^ Torino Graduate School in Physics and Astrophysics. Retrieved December 22, 2016 . 
4. ↑ The "Premio Strega". Retrieved December 26, 2009 . 
5. ↑ Storming the Sky , Rowohlt, accessed October 9, 2018