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, Stresa Prize, and the Piero Ottore Literary Prize of the Sea 2025.

In 2025, she was awarded the Premio Civiltà Veneta 2025 with the following motivation: “Manzon, a writer from Trieste, is recognized for her ability to explore in her works the tensions between identity, belonging, and memory, with Trieste often evoked as a symbol of borders.”

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.