Alberto Capitta (born 1954 in

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) is an Italian writer.

Biography

Alberto Capitta currently lives and works in Sassari as an actor and playwright. His novel ''Creaturine'' (Il Maestrale 2004, Frassinelli 2005) was finalist for the Strega Prize, one of Italy's most influential and controversial literary awards. In 2006 he received the prize ''Lo Straniero'', "as one of the most interesting writers of an extraordinary Sardinian flowering", namely of the

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, Salvatore Satta.

Works

* ''Il cielo nevica'', Guaraldi 1999; Il Maestrale 2007 () * ''Creaturine'', Il Maestrale 2004 (); Il Maestrale / Frassinelli 2005 () * ''Il giardino non-esiste'', Il Maestrale 2008 () * ''Alberi erranti e naufraghi'', Il Maestrale 2013 () * ''L'ultima trasfigurazione di Ferdinand'', Il Maestrale 2016 ()

Bibliography

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References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20150812192615/http://www.lostraniero.net/premio/113-premio-2006-tricase.html] Official website of the Prize "Lo Straniero"; winners of the year 2006

Official website of the publishing house il Maestrale {{DEFAULTSORT:Capitta, Alberto 21st-century Italian novelists People from the Province of Sassari 1954 births Living people Italian male novelists 21st-century Italian male writers