Valerio Varesi

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Valerio Varesi (2013)

Valerio Varesi (born August 8, 1959 in Turin ) is an Italian journalist and crime writer.

Life

Varesi was born in Turin in northern Italy in 1959. He completed his studies with a doctorate on Kierkegaard . Professionally employed as an editor at La Repubblica , he published his first novel in 1998, which was followed in rapid succession by other crime novels about Inspector Soneri . Il fiume delle nebbie (2003; Ger. 2005 as The Fog River ) was particularly successful in Italy and nominated for the Premio Strega . His work appears in German in a translation by Karin Rother at Rowohlt in Reinbek . Varesi lives in Parma (as of mid-2009).

Awards

  • 2002: Premio Fedeli (together with Marcello Fois) for Il cineclub del mistero

Works

  • Ultime notizie di una fuga (1998)
  • Bersaglio, l'oblio (2000)
  • Il cineclub del mistero (2002)
    • German: plays of light. Commissario Soneri goes to the cinema , Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-23951-9
  • Il labirinto di ghiaccio (2003)
  • Il fiume delle nebbie (2003)
    • German: The fog river. Commissario Soneri is looking for a corpse , Kindler, Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-463-40468-0
  • L'affittacamere (2004)
    • German: The pension in Via Saffi. Commissario Soneri looks back , Kindler, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-463-40487-5
  • Le ombre di Montelupo (2005)
    • German: The shadows of Montelupo. Commissario Soneri ponders , Kindler, Reinbek near Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-463-40511-7
  • A mani vuote (2006)
    • German: With empty hands. Commissario Soneri follows a lead , Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24834-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valerio Varesi at Rowohlt Verlag (with photo; accessed on August 20, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Varesi, Valerio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian journalist and crime novelist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin