Ugo Riccarelli
Ugo Riccarelli (born December 3, 1954 in Cirié , † July 21, 2013 in Rome ) was an Italian writer .
Life
Riccarelli studied philosophy in Turin and then worked in the Biblioteca Palazzo Pretorio and as an assistant director and journalist in Pisa . In 1995 his first work Le scarpe appese al cuore was published , and Riccarelli also wrote poetry. In 2004 he won the prestigious Italian literary prize Premio Strega for his work Il dolore perfetto . In Germany he became known through his Bruno Schulz novel Un uomo che forse si chiamava Schulz (1998) (Eng. A man who might be called Schulz , 1999). In 2004, his volume of short stories, Fausto Coppis Engel, was published in German, in 2006 the complete pain (translation of Il dolore perfetto ) and in 2009 Der Zauberer ( Un mare di nulla ). In 2013 L'amore graffia il mondo was awarded the Premio Campiello .
Riccarelli was married, the father of a daughter and the stepfather of two other children from his wife's first marriage. Riccarelli lived in Rome.
Publications (selection)
- 2004: Il dolore perfetto , Mondadori, Milan.
- German by Karin Krieger : The perfect pain , novel. Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2006; dtv-Taschenbuch, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-13681-5 .
- 2009: Comallamore . Mondadori, Milan 2009, ISBN 978-88-04-58533-6 .
- 2013: The residence of Doctor Rattazzi . Zsolnay, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-552-05599-5 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Ugo Riccarelli in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riccarelli, Ugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cirié |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2013 |
| Place of death | Rome |