Chiara Gamberale (born 27 April 1977) is an Italian writer, television and radio presenter.

Biography

Gamberale was born in

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, Italy, on 27 April 1977. Her mother is an accountant and her father is Vito Gamberale. Gamberale graduated in drama, Art and Music Studies (DAMS) at the

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. In 1999, she published her first novel, ''Una vita sottile'' and in 1996, she won the young critics award ''Grinzane Cavour'' promoted by ''

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''. In 2002, she began working as a television presenter, when Mariano Sabatini asked her to co-host Parola mia on

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alongside Luciano Rispoli. Subsequently, she hosted ''Quarto Piano Scala A Destra'', as well as the cultural program ''Duende'' on the Lombard station ''Seimilano'', and ''Io, Chiara e l'Oscuro'' on

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. She actively collaborates with the newspaper ''

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'' and the Italian magazines '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her book ''Una passione sinistra'' was used to develop the movie ''Passione sinistra'' by

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. In 2008, she was a finalist for the ''

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'' with her book ''La zona cieca''. In 2009, she married

Emanuele Trevi Emanuele Trevi (born 1964) is an Italian writer and critic. He was born in Rome, the son of Mario Trevi, a Jungian psychoanalyst. Trevi has written numerous critical essays on literary figures. His work on the Italian poet Pietro Tripodo won ...

, an Italian literary critic, writer and editor-in-chief. They divorced in 2011. In 2017, she had a daughter, named Vita, from a new partner Gianluca Foglia, the editorial director of the Italian publisher Feltrinelli.

List of works

* ''Una vita sottile'', Venezia, Marsilio, 1999; Milano, Fabbri, 2004 * ''Color lucciola'', Venezia, Marsilio, 2001 * ''Arrivano i pagliacci'', Milano, Mondadori, 2014 * ''La zona cieca'', Milano, Feltrinelli, 2017 * ''Una passione sinistra'', Milano, Corriere della sera, 2008; Milano, Bompiani, 2009 * ''Le luci nelle case degli altri'', Milano, Mondadori, 2010 * ''L'amore quando c'era'', Milano, Corriere della sera, 2011 * ''Quattro etti d'amore, grazie'', Milano, Mondadori, 2014 * ''Per dieci minuti'', Milano, Feltrinelli, 2013 * ''Avrò cura di te'', di Chiara Gamberale e Massimo Gramellini, Longanesi, Milano, 2014 * ''Adesso'', Milano, Feltrinelli, 2016 * ''Qualcosa'', scritto da Chiara Gamberale e illustrato da Tuono Pettinato, ed. Longanesi, 2017 * ''L'isola dell'abbandono'', Milano, Feltrinelli, 2019

References

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