Helga Schneider (born Steinberg, now in Poland 17 November 1937) is an Italian writer of German origin. She was the recipient of the

Rapallo Carige Prize The Rapallo Carige Prize ( it, Premio Rapallo Carige per la donna scrittrice) is an Italian literary award, established in 1985 by the Municipality of Rapallo and the Carige Bank (''Banca Carige''). The award is intended to promote writing by wom ...

for ''II rogo di Berlino'' in 1996. The 2017 biopic ''Let me go'', directed by Scottish director and screenwriter Polly Steele, premiered at the

Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is a film festival that runs for two weeks in June each year. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all ti ...

Books by Helga Schneider

* ''Let Me Go'' (2001) Translated from the Italian by

Shaun Whiteside Shaun Whiteside (born 1959) is a Northern Irish translator of French, Dutch, German, and Italian literature. He has translated many novels, including '' Manituana'' and ''Altai'' by Wu Ming, ''The Weekend'' by Bernhard Schlink, '' Serotonin'' by M ...

* ''The Bonfire of Berlin: A Lost Childhood in Wartime Germany'' (2005) Translated from the Italian by

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Italian women novelists 20th-century Italian women writers 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian women writers 21st-century Italian novelists German emigrants to Italy 1937 births Living people {{Italy-writer-stub