Giorgio De Simone

Giorgio De Simone (born 1932January 2024) was an Italian journalist, novelist and writer.

Biography

Born in Milan in 1932, he graduated in modern literature at a very young age to write, beginning with short stories in widely read periodicals. He worked in large-scale industry, primarily on journalism and communications.

He is the author of articles published in the daily newspaper Il Giorno (in the 1980s) and Avvenire.

Works

Journalism

• Il lettore arrabbiato, ed. Pola, cover by Armando Testa, 1976

Novels

• 1977 - La gabbia di carta, Edizioni Paoline, Milan
• 1980 - L'escluso, Mondadori, Milan (Endine Prize 1980)
• 1981 - L'incisione, Rizzoli, Milan (Città di Penne Prize 1981)
• 1984 - L'Armonista, Rizzoli, Milan (Stresa Prize; sel. Viareggio Prize 1985; Premio Europa 1985; Annese Prize 1986)
• 1988 - Il caso Anima, Rizzoli, Milan (Maria Cristina di Savoia Literary Prize 1990)
• 1998 - L'isola dei pantèi, Sellerio editore, Palermo 1998 (Latina Prize 1999), translated in Romanian as Isola fermecatâ, Ed. Meronia, Bucarest, 2008
• 2004 - Mondo prossimo, Ed. Ares, Milan
• 2006 - Era un giorno di 32 ore, Sellerio editore, Palermo
• 2012 - Michele tiene all'Inter ma crede in Dio, Ed. Medusa, Milan

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