Giosuè Calaciura is an Italian writer. He was born in
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
in 1960. A career journalist, he writes regularly for many daily newspapers and magazines. He also writes for the theatre and radio.
His debut novel ''Malacarne'' was published in 1998. Other works include:
* Sgobbo (2002)
* La figlia perduta. La favola dello Slum (2005)
* Urbi et Orbi (2006)
* Bambini e altri animali (short stories, 2013)
* Pantelleria (2016)
* Borgo Vecchio (2017) - Premio Marco Polo Venise 2019,
Prix Mediterranée 2020
* Il tram di Natale (2018) - Premio Presidi del Libro “Alessandro Leogrande” 2019
* Io sono Gesù (2021)
* Una notte (2022)
Calaciura lives and works in Rome.
Biography
His father was Palermo journalist Anselmo Calaciura, and his mother, Grazia Cianetti, a poet and teacher.
A journalist for L'Ora of Palermo, when the newspaper closed (1992) he opened the restaurant “Le mura dell'Itria,” frequented by many journalists and writers, including Goffredo Fofi.
References
Italian writers
1960 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
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