Fois Marcello

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Marcello Fois

Author

In 1986 he graduated in Italian Studies at the University of Bologna. In 1989 he wrote his first novel, “Ferro Recente”, which, thanks to Luigi Bernardi of the Granata Press, was published in 1992 in a series of young Italian authors, including the first books by Carlo Lucarelli and Giuseppe Ferrandino. Also, in 1992 he published “Picta”, with which he won the Italo Calvino Prize. In 1998, again for Il Maestrale, “Sempre caro” was released, the first novel of a trilogy, set in Nuoro at the end of the 19th century. In addition to fiction, Fois also dedicates himself to screenwriting, both for television and cinema, and to theater. In 2012 he was among the finalists of the Campiello Prize with the book “Nel tempo di mezzo”, which was later the winner of the Procida-Isola Prize by Arturo-Elsa Morante. In 2016 he won the Asti d’Appello award with the book “Luce perfetta”, while in 2017 he won the first edition of the Crovi Award with the novel “Del dirsi Addio”. He was a guest of the Liberevento Cultural Festival in 2013.