Paola Mastrocola

Paola Mastrocola made her literary debut with the novel La gallina volante (2000), winner of the Calvino prize. She has been a finalist for the Strega prize in 2001 with Palline di pane, and she won the Campiello prize in 2004 with Una barca nel bosco. In 2020 she published Diario di una talpa with La nave di Teseo. Her books have been translated in France, Germany, Spain and Latin America, Portugal, Turkey and Japan.