Walter Siti
Walter Siti | |
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 Siti in 2008 | |
| Born | 20 May 1947 (age 79) Modena, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer |
Walter Siti (born 20 May 1947) is an Italian novelist, essayist, literary critic and academic. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Strega Prize.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Modena, Siti graduated from the University of Pisa and got a doctorate from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[1] He served as professor of contemporary Italian literature at the University of Pisa, University of Cosenza and University of L'Aquila.[2] He made his literary debut as a critic, writing essays on Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sandro Penna and Eugenio Montale, among others.[2]
In 1994, Siti released his first novel, Scuola di nudo ("Nude School").[3] His 2008 novel The Contagion ('Il contagio') was adapted into a film, Tainted Souls.[4] In 2013, his novel Resistere non serve a niente ("Resisting serves no purpose") won the Strega Prize and the Mondello Prize.[2] In 2020 his dual biography La natura è innocente (“Nature is Innocent”), recounting the lives of Ruggero Freddi and Filippo Addamo, won the Premio Flaiano.[5]. His 2021 essay Riflessioni sul Bene in letteratura ("Reflections on the Good in Literature") won the Viareggio Prize.[2][6]
Siti also worked as a television writer and a television critic for the newspaper La Stampa.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Walter Siti, 7 libri per conoscere lo scrittore". Marie Claire (in Italian). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Siti, Walter". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑ Giossi, Giacomo (14 May 2024). "Walter Siti, trent'anni di paura e di vuoto". Domani (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑ Cappelli, Valerio (5 September 2017). "Virus capitale, «Il contagio» è un ritratto impietoso di Roma". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ↑ Redy, Kim. "Premio Internazionale Flaiano di Letteratura 2020- i vincitori". www.giornaledimontesilvano.com (in Italian). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Il bis di Edith Bruck nel 92° Premio Rèpaci". La Nazione (in Italian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
