Rosella Postorino


Rosella Postorino is an Italian author. In 2013 she won the International Prize Città di Penne and in 2018 she won the Rapallo Carige Prize and the Premio Campiello.

Life

Born in Reggio Calabria in 1978, Postorino was raised in San Lorenzo al Mare, Liguria. In 2002 she moved to Rome.
Postorino published her first story "In una capsula" in 2004 in the anthology Ragazze che dovresti conoscere. In 2007 she released her first novel, La stanza di sopra.
Her 2018 novel Le assaggiatrici won the 56th Campiello Prize, the Luigi Russo Prize, the Rapallo Prize and the Premio Vigevano Lucio Mastronardi.
Postorino has also translated and edited works by Marguerite Duras.

Works

Novels