Venosa
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,
Province of Potenza
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) is an Italian writer.
Biography
Cinzia Giorgio was born in
Venosa
Venosa ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, ...
, Italy, in April 1975. She has a degree in modern literature at
University of Naples Federico II
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, her thesis was about the history of the renaissance. She has also earned a second degree in Oriental languages and has a specialisation in women's studies and archaeology. In 2001 she married Giovanni Scattone, a former assistant professor convicted of the
manslaughter
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of student
Marta Russo
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(1997).
In 2002 she won a scholarship from the Bellonci Foundation in Rome, which organises the
Strega Prize
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.
She is currently Professor of Women's Studies and Art History at the Uni.Spe.D. of Rome and she has a PhD in comparative literature from
Special Olympics
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". She has published articles for magazines: "Anna" (one of the most important Italian magazine), "AIFI", "Spirit", "Nuovi Orizzonti", "Grand Hotel" and "Confidenze".
She has worked with the French weekly "Neus Deux" writing novels and short stories. She has also worked with Warde Jones press office – c/o Foreign Press of Rome, with the director Massimo Tonna and with the
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press office .
She writes for the online magazine "Sherlock Magazine" and teaches Creative Writing. She is also writing plays for the Theater. She has her own literary review in Pink Magazine Italia.
In December 2007 she was invited to " Niente di Personale", a talk show broadcast on Italian TV
La7
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Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swi ...
, where she presented the novel "Sotto il fiume". Taking inspiration from the novel she wrote a theatre play directed by Flavia Ricci.
On August 4, 2009, and on October 17, 2009, she was the guest of the evening newscast on
La7
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, where she presented her novels ''I custodi dell'Acqua'' and ''Incognito''.
From March 2010 she collaborates with the website, Velut Luna Press specialised in literary reviews.
In 2011 she one of the five candidates to the Mondadori Mystery Award
Premio Tedeschi
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with the novel L'Enigma Botticelli published in 2013. She is also the organizer of the Roman Salon Littéraire (Literary conferences) at the Leusso Academy.
In 2014 for the Italian publishing house Rizzoli she wrote "Prime catastrofiche impressioni" and "Cosa Farebbe Jane?" the first two novels of the series "Le ragazze di Jane Austen".
In November 2014 came out her essay on the erotic history of Italy, "Storia Erotica d'Italia" published by
Newton Compton
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The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
.
Works
Novels
* ''Mary Magdalene'',
Newton Compton
Newton Compton Editori, sometimes spelled Newton & Compton, is an Italian publisher.
The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
2018.
* ''La piccola libreria di Venezia'',
Newton Compton
Newton Compton Editori, sometimes spelled Newton & Compton, is an Italian publisher.
The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
2017.
* ''La collezionista di libri proibiti'',
Newton Compton
Newton Compton Editori, sometimes spelled Newton & Compton, is an Italian publisher.
The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
2016.
* ''L'amore è una formula matematica'', Rizzoli 2015.
* ''Prime Catastrofiche Impressioni'', Rizzoli 2014.
* ''Cosa Farebbe Jane?'', Rizzoli 2014. .
* ''Il Bello della Diretta'', Rizzoli 2014.
* ''L'Enigma Botticelli'', Melino Nerella 2013.
Essays
*"È facile vivere bene a Roma se sai cosa fare",
Newton Compton
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The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
, 2016,
*"Storia Pettegola d'Italia",
Newton Compton
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The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
, 2015,
*"Storia Erotica d'Italia",
Newton Compton
Newton Compton Editori, sometimes spelled Newton & Compton, is an Italian publisher.
The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
, 2014,
* ''Il Rinascimento Italiano nel fumetto'' in ''Narrare la storia dal documento al racconto'',
Mondadori
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History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milan,2006
* ''Disegno letterario: Il fumetto come strumento educativo'', SSEF, 2006
* ''Ragazze di pochi mezzi'', SSEF, 2007
* ''Fumetto ed educazione'', in ''Generazioni'', Unisped, Roma, 2008
* ''La povertà nella letteratura'' in ''Generazioni'', Unisped, Roma, 2009
* ''La donna in Fontane'', Rivista di Studi Umanistici Leussein, Rome University Press, 2009
* ''La Profetessa di Sventure: rielaborazione del mito di Cassandra nella letteratura occidentale'', Rivista di Studi Umanistici Leussein, Rome University Press, 2009
* ''Postfazione al romanzo "Il mio nome è Aqua Caliente"'' by Claudio De Luca, 2009
* ''Echi del Mito di Cassandra in Muriel Spark'', Rivista di Studi Umanistici Leussein, Rome University Press, 2010
* ''Interpretazioni del mito di Pandora'', Rivista di Studi Umanistici Leussein, Rome University Press, 2010
* ''Le sorelle Bronte nel manga giapponese'', atti del convegno "Contaminazioni Creative", Università di Roma Tre, 2011
* ''I Narratori delle Tele'', Rivista di Studi Umanistici Leussein, Rome University Press, 2012
* ''Orgoglio senza Pregiudizio. Le ragazze di Jane Austen'', Edizioni Opposto, 2013
* ''Storia Erotica d'Italia'',
Newton Compton
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The publisher was founded in Rome by Vittorio Avanzini in 1969. The house has published mostly paperbacks and low cost editions, including literature classics, es ...
, 2014 .
Plays
* ''Sotto il fiume'', directed by Flavia Ricci, 2007.
* ''S. Holmes e il mistero della Mummia''.,Trailer /ref> directed by Anna Masullo, 2011.
* ''Il raduno dei pirati e il terrificante mistero del vascello fantasma'',directed by Anna Masullo, 2012.