Claudia Durastanti

Claudia Durastanti (born 8 June 1984 Brooklyn) is an Italian writer and translator.[1] She was shortlisted for the 2019 Strega Prize,[2] and Viareggio Prize.[3][4]

She graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome, and studied at De Montfort University. Her work appeared in Internazionale.[5] and Los Angeles Review of Books.[6]

She was consultant for the Turin International Book Fair. She co-founded the Italian Festival of Literature in London.

Works
  • Un giorno verrò a lanciare sassi alla tua finestra, Venezia, Marsilio, 2010 ISBN 978-88-317-0572-1.
  • A Chloe, per le ragioni sbagliate, Venezia, Marsilio, 2013 ISBN 978-88-317-1670-3.
  • Cleopatra va in prigione, Roma, minimum fax, 2016 ISBN 978-88-7521-745-7.
  • La straniera, Milano, La nave di Teseo, 2019 ISBN 978-88-93447-75-1.[7][8][9]

Works in English
  • Cleopatra goes to prison, translator Christine Donougher, Dublin : The Dedalus Press, 2020. ISBN 9781910213964
  • The Stranger translator Elizabeth Harris, Fitzcarraldo Editions, April 2021.[10]

References
  1. "Claudia Durastanti: "No hay nada natural en la idea de normalidad"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. "Indifferenza con Claudia Durastanti, Nadia Terranova e Marino Sinibaldi | Il Friuli". www.ilfriuli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  3. "Ecco i 6 finalisti del Premio "Alassio centolibri-Un Autore per l'Europa"". Savonanews.it (in Italian). 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  4. "PREMIO VIAREGGIO – RÈPACI 2019: i finalisti". LetteratitudineNews (in Italian). 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  5. Durastanti, Claudia (2020-12-22). "Autori: Claudia Durastanti". Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  6. "Quarterly Journal: No 27, Mistake Issue". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  7. Momigliano, Anna (2019-12-09). "'The Ferrante Effect': In Italy, Women Writers Are Ascendant (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  8. Pedrosa, Ana Bárbara. "Claudia Durastanti. Na auto-ficção não há milagres". Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  9. Borders, Words Without. "Our Favorite International Reads from 2019 (and What We'll Be Reading in 2020)". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  10. "South Sudan title among PEN Translates award-winners | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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