Paolo Crepet
Paolo Crepet was born in Torino. Graduated in Medicine and Chirurgy in 1976 and then in Sociology in 1980, in 1985 he earned the specialization in Psichiatry. After graduation he worked in India, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Czech Republic. Later he taught in Toronto, Rio de Janeiro and Harvard.
Commited for years on the themes of youth problems, suicide, unemployment and social distress, he collaborated with various institutions (regions, municipalities, the italian Health Department) about important projects and researches, without ever interrupting his filled activity as writer and communicator, enriched also by various fiction books.
He is the author of Le dimensioni del vuoto. I giovani e il suicidio (1993), Cuori violenti. Viaggio nella criminalità giovanile (1995), Solitudini. Memorie d’assenza (1997), I giorni dell’ira. Storie di matricidi (con Giancarlo De Cataldo; 1998), Naufragi. Storie di confine (1999; 2002), Non siamo capaci di ascoltarli (2001), La ragione dei sentimenti (2002; 2004), Voi, noi (2003), Dannati e leggeri (2004; 2006), I figli non crescono più (2005), Sull’amore (2006; 2010), Dove abitano le emozioni (con Mario Botta e Giuseppe Zois; 2007), A una donna tradita (2008), Sfamiglia (2009; 2011), Un’anima divisa (2010), L’autorità perduta (2011; 2013), Elogio dell’amicizia (2012), Impara a essere felice (2013), Il caso della donna che smise di mangiare (2015), Baciami senza rete (2016), Il coraggio. Vivere, amare, educare (2017), Passione (2018), Perché finisce un amore (with Alessandra Arachi, 2019), Libertà (2019), Vulnerabili (2020), Oltre la tempesta (2021), Lezioni di sogni (2022), Prendetevi la luna (2023), Passione, Coraggio, Libertà (2023). In 2017 he has won Premio Pio Alferano.