Gianrico Carofiglio


Gianrico Carofiglio is a novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the Italian city of Bari. His debut novel, Involuntary Witness, published in 2002 and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh, was published by the Bitter Lemon Press and has been adapted as the basis for a popular television series in Italy. The subsequent novels were translated by Howard Curtis and Antony Shugaar.
Carofiglio won the 2005 Premio Bancarella award for his novel "Il passato è una terra straniera". He is also Honorary President of which celebrates the work of Carlo Emilio Gadda.

Background

Gianrico Carofiglio worked for many years as a prosecutor specialized in organized crime. He was appointed advisor of the anti-Mafia committee in the Italian parliament in 2007 and served as senator from 2008 to 2013. He was president of the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari from 2015 to 2016.

Writing career

Carofiglio débuts in fiction in 2002 with Testimone inconsapevole , the novel that introduces the character of lawyer Guido Guerrieri, who will figure also in Ad occhi chiusi , Ragionevoli dubbi , Le perfezioni provvisorie and La regola dell’equilibro.
Among Carofiglio’s other fiction and nonfiction works: the novels Il passato è una terra straniera, which became an internationally acclaimed film directed by Daniele Vicari starring Michele Riondino and Elio Germano in 2008, Né qui né altrove. Una notte a Bari, Il silenzio dell’onda, Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose , Una mutevole verità, L’estate fredda.

Guido Guerrieri