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Federica Manzon

Federica Manzon was born in Pordenone and lives and works in Milan. She is the author of the novels Come si dice addio (2008), Di fama e di sventura (2011 – winner of the Rapallo Carige Prize, Campiello Jury Selection, and Asti d’Appello Prize), La nostalgia degli altri (2017), Il bosco del confine (2020), and Alma (2024), which won the Campiello Prize, the Alassio Prize, and the Stresa Prize.

She edited the literary anthology I mari di Trieste (2015) and has contributed to various magazines, anthologies, and collections. She has worked as a foreign fiction editor for Mondadori and as director of educational projects at the Scuola Holden. She regularly writes for Il Piccolo, Trieste’s main daily newspaper, and is part of the organizing committee of the literary festival Pordenonelegge.

Since January 2023, she has been the editorial director of Guanda.

Press +
Titles +
Alma 16 January 2024
Of fame and misfortune 16 January 2024
Trieste - percorsi d'autore 23 September 2022
Il bosco del confine 10 September 2020
La nostalgia degli altri 6 April 2017
Foreign Publishers +

Croatia: Mozaik
France: Albin Michel
Germany: Germania: Bastei - Lübbe
Hungary: Europa Könyvkiadó
Mozambico: Editora Trinta Zero Nove
Portugal: Book Cover
Poland: Sonia Draga
Russia: Alpina
Saudi Arabia: Dar Ohjia Publishing House

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