Paola Capriolo (born 1 January 1962) is an Italian novelist and translator. The daughter of a theatre critic and translator from

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and an artist from

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, she was born in

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and was educated at the

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, receiving a degree in philosophy in 1996. In 1988, she published her first book ''La grande Eulalia'', a collection of short stories which won the Giuseppe Berto Prize. Her work explores a reality outside of day-to-day life. Myth plays an important role in her writing. She often is inspired by music, including references to music and making use of musical metaphors. Capriolo is also a reviewer for ''

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'' and a translator of

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fiction. Her work has been translated into several languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Dutch and Japanese.

Selected works

Novels/short stories

* ''Il nocchiero'' (1989), received the

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in 1990 and was a finalist for the

Premio Campiello The ''Premio Campiello'' is an annual Italian literary prize. A Jury of Literary Experts (''Giuria di letterati'' in Italian) identifies books published during the year and, in a public hearing, selects five of those as finalists. These books ar ...

in 1991 * ''Il doppio regno'' (1991) was a finalist for the

Grinzane Cavour Prize The Grinzane Cavour Prize (1989–2009) was an Italian literary award established in 1982 by Francesco Meotto. The annual award ceremony took place in the medieval castle of Grinzane Cavour. The goal of the prize was to attract young people to rea ...

in 1992 * ''Vissi d’amore'' (1992) * ''La spettatrice'' (1995) * ''Un uomo di carattere'' (1996) * ''Barbara'' (1998) * ''Una di loro'' (2001) * ''Qualcosa nella notte. Storia di Gilgamesh, signore di Uruk, e dell'uomo selvatico cresciuto tra le gazzelle'' (2003) * ''ll pianista muto'' (2009) * ''Caino'' (2012) * ''Mi ricordo'' (2015)

Children's literature

* ''La ragazza dalla stella d'oro'' (1991) * ''L’amico invisibile'' (2006) * ''Maria Callas'' (2007) * ''Indira Gandhi'' (2009) * ''La macchina dei sogni'' (2009)

Translations from German

* '' La morte a Venice''

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(1991) * '' I dolori del giovane Werther''

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(1993) * ''

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'' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1995) * '' Doppio sogno''

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(2002) * ''Pietre colorate''

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(2005) * ''

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(2011)

References

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