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Melania Mazzucco

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Melania Mazzucco

Melania Mazzucco was born in Rome in 1966. She earned a degree in Italian literature from La Sapienza University and a degree in cinema from the Experimental Center for Cinematography. In addition to her four novels, she has written award-winning works for the cinema, theater, and radio...

. Vita was awarded the 2003 Strega Prize, Italy's leading literary award, and will be published in Virginia Jewiss's English translation by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in September 2005.