Fabio Geda (born 1 March 1972) is an Italian novelist.
Born in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, Geda graduated in
Communication Sciences
Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differe ...
with a thesis in marketing.
He worked as an educator, first as a voluntary, later into a cooperative.
His debut novel ''Per il resto del viaggio ho sparato agli indiani'' has been selected for the Strega Prize.
Geda had his breakout in 2010 with the novel ''
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles'' ( it, Nel mare ci sono i coccodrilli); based on a true story of Enaiat Akbari, the novel became a bestseller, selling over 400,000 copies in Italy alone and being translated in over 30 languages.
References
1972 births
Living people
Writers from Turin
21st-century Italian novelists
Male novelists
21st-century Italian male writers
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