Background
Gianrico Carofiglio was born in Bari and has worked for many years as a prosecutor specialized in organized crime. He was appointed as advisor of the anti-Mafia committee in the Italian Parliament in 2007 and served as a senator from 2008 to 2013.Writing career
He makes his début in fiction in 2002 with ''Testimone inconsapevole'' (''Involuntary Witness'', Premio del Giovedì “Marisa Rusconi”, Premio Rhegium Iulii, Premio Città di Cuneo, Premio Città di Chiavari), the book that introduces the beloved character of the defense lawyer Guido Guerrieri, who is also the protagonist of the novels ''Ad occhi chiusi'' (''A Walk in the Dark'', 2003, Premio Lido di Camaiore, Premio delle Biblioteche di Roma and “Best International Noir of the year 2007” in Germany, elected by a jury of booksellers and journalists), ''Ragionevoli dubbi'' (''Reasonable Doubts'', 2006, Premio Fregene and Premio Viadana 2007, Premio Tropea 2008), ''Le perfezioni provvisorie'' (''Temporary Perfections'', 2010, Premio Selezione Campiello), ''La regola dell'equilibro'' (''A Fine Line'', 2014) and ''La misura del tempo'' (''The Measure of Time'', 2019, Premio Strega 2020 finalist). Officer of the Carabinieri Pietro Fenoglio is the protagonist of another series of novels: ''Una mutevole verità'' (A ''Shifting Truth'', 2014, Premio Scerbanenco), ''L’estate fredda'' (''The Cold Summer,'' 2016), ''La versione di Fenoglio'' (''Fenoglio’s Version,'' 2019). Among Carofiglio’s other fiction and nonfiction works: the novels ''Il passato è una terra straniera'' (''The Past is a Foreign Land'', 2004, Premio Bancarella 2005), which became in 2008 an internationally acclaimed film, directed by Daniele Vicari and starring Michele Riondino and Elio Germano (Knight Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor at the Miami Film Festival), ''Né qui né altrove. Una notte a Bari (Neither Here Nor Elsewhere. A Night in Bari'', 2008), ''Il silenzio dell’onda'' (''The Silence of the Wave'', 2011, shortlisted at Premio Strega 2012, Bronze Winner in the Foreword Book of the Year Awards for Mystery 2013), ''Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose'' (''The Vertiginous Edge of Things'', 2013), ''Le tre del mattino'' (''Three O'Clock in the Morning'', 2017); the graphic novel ''Cacciatori nelle tenebre'' (''Hunters in Darkness,'' ''2007,''Premio Martoglio) and ''La casa nel bosco'' (''The House in the Woods'', 2014, Premio Riviera delle Palme), both written with his brother Francesco; the dialogue ''Il paradosso del poliziotto'' (''The Policeman’s Paradox,'' 2009); the short stories collection ''Non esiste saggezza'' (''There is No Wisdom'', 2010, Premio Chiara, 2020) and ''Passeggeri notturni'' (''Night Passengers'', 2016); the essays ''L’arte del dubbio'' (''The Art of Doubt'', 2007), ''La manomissione delle parole'' (''Manumitting Words'', 2010), which has been adapted into a stage play performed by the author himself, ''Con parole precise. Breviario di scrittura civile'' (''With Exact Words'', 2015), the interview with Jacopo Rosatelli ''Con i piedi nel fango'' (''Feet in the Mud'', 2018) and ''Della gentilezza e del coraggio. Breviario di politica e altre cose'' (''On Kindness and Courage,'' 2020). The six Guerrieri novels, the Fenoglio series, ''Il passato è una terra straniera'', ''Né qui né altrove'', ''Non esiste saggezza'', ''La manomissione delle parole'', ''Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose'', ''La casa nel bosco'', ''Passeggeri notturni'', ''Le tre del mattino'', ''Con i piedi nel fango'' and ''Della gentilezza e del coraggio'' are also audiobooks read by the author. In 2020 was released ''L'avvocato Guerrieri,'' Gianrico Carofiglio's first audio-series. Gianrico Carofiglio’s books have sold six million copies and have been translated or are going to be translated all over the world.Bibliography
Guido Guerrieri
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* ''The Past is a Foreign Country'' - 2004 (''Il passato è una terra straniera'') published in English in 2007 * ''Neither Here Nor Elsewhere. A Night in Bari - 2008 (Né qui né altrove. Una notte a Bari'') * ''There is no Wisdom'' - 2010 (''Non Esiste Saggezza'') * ''The Setting-free of Words'' - 2010 (''La Manomissione Delle Parole'') *References
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