Francesco Piccolo


Francesco Piccolo is an Italian author of novels, short stories and screen plays. In 2014, he won Italy's leading literary award the Premio Strega for Il desiderio di essere come tutti.

Life and career

Piccolo was born at Caserta. His novels and short story collections include Allegro occidentale, E se c'ero dormivo, Il tempo imperfetto, and Storie di primogeniti e figli unici ; l'Italia spensierata ; and La separazione del maschio. With Storie di primogeniti e figli unici he won two literary prizes: the Premio Giuseppe Berto and the Premio letterario Piero Chiara.
In the cinema he has worked on screenplays for My Name Is Tanino, Paz!, Ovunque sei, Il caimano, Nemmeno in un sogno, Caos calmo and Giorni e nuvole.
He has also written for newspapers and periodicals, including la Repubblica and Diario. Piccolo lives in Rome, where he runs the screenwriters laboratory for the DAMS course at Roma Tre.