Massimo Maugeri is an
Italian
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writer, journalist and
radio presenter
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. He was born in
Catania,
Sicily
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in 1968.
Career
He contributes to the 'culture' section of
magazines
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,
newspapers
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and on Radio Polis. Maugeri is the managing editor of ''Letteratitudine'', a blog that maintains a running commentary on contemporary
Italian literature
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.
Publications
Novels
* ''Identità distorte'' (Prova d'Autore, 2005 - Martoglio Prize)
* ''Trinacria Park'' (Edizioni e/o, 2013 - Vittorini Prize);
* ''Cetti Curfino'' (La nave di Teseo, 2018).
* ''Il sangue della Montagna'' (La nave di Teseo, 2021).
Essays
* "Letteratitudine, il libro - vol. I - 2006-2008" (Azimut, 2008);
* "L’e-book è il futuro del libro" (Historica, 2011);
* "Letteratitudine, il libro - vol. 2" (Historica, 2012);
* "Letteratitudine 3: letture, scritture, metanarrazioni" (LiberAria, 2017);
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Short stories
* "La coda di pesce che inseguiva l’amore" (Sampognaro & Pupi, 2010 - "Più a Sud di Tunisi" Award 2011), with Simona Lo Iacono;
* short stories collection "''Viaggio all’alba del millennio''" (Perdisa Pop, 2011 - Sebastiano Addamo International Prize);
References
1968 births
21st-century Italian novelists
Living people
Writers from Catania
Mass media people from Catania
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