Igiaba Scego

Igiaba Scego is an Italian writer, journalist, and activist (born 20 March 1974 in Rome)[1] of Somali origin.

Igiaba Scego
Igiaba Scego speaking at Festivaletteratura.

Biography

Scego's father was a prominent Somali politician.[2] She graduated with her BA in Foreign Literature at the First University of Rome (La Sapienza) as well as in pedagogy at the Third University of Rome. Presently, she is writing and researching cultural dialogue and migration.

Works

She writes for various magazines that deal with migrant literature, in particular Carta, El-Ghibli and Migra. Her work, not devoid of autobiographical references, are characterized by the delicate balance between her two cultural realities, the Italian and Somali.

In 2003, she won the Eks & Tra prize for migrant writers with her story "Salsicce", and published her debut novel, La nomade che amava Alfred Hitchcock. In 2006 she attended the Literature festival in Mantua.

Scego collaborates with newspapers such as La Repubblica and Il manifesto and also writes for the magazine Nigrizia with a column of news and reflection, "The colors of Eve". In 2007 along with Ingy Mubiayi, she edited the short story collection Quando nasci è una roulette. Giovani figli di migranti si raccontano. It follows the story of seven boys and girls of African origin, who were born in Rome of foreign parents or came to Italy when young: the story of their schooling, their relationship with family and with peers, religion, racism in Italy, and their dreams.

Bibliography

  • La nomade che amava Alfred Hitchcock, Rome: Edizioni Sinnos, 2003.
  • Rhoda, Rome: Edizioni Sinnos, 2004.
  • Pecore nere. Racconti with Gabriela Kuruvilla, Ingy Mubiayi, Laila Wadia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005.
  • Quando nasci è una roulette. Giovani figli di migranti si raccontano, Edizioni Terre di Mezzo, 2007.
  • Amori Bicolori. Racconti, Roma, edizioni Laterza, 2007.
  • Oltre Babilonia, Donzelli editore, 2008.
  • L'albero in Nessuna Pietà, Salani editore, 2009.
  • La mia casa è dove sono, Rizzoli, 2010. Libro autobiografico che descrive una famiglia dispersa tra Somalia, Gran Bretagna e Italia.[3]
  • Roma Negata, coautrice con Rino Bianchi. Ediesse, 2014.
  • Adua, Giunti 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Rimappare l'Italia. Incontro con la scrittrice Igiaba Scego" (PDF). Quaderno Culturale Queens College Italian Program Newsletter (Spring): 3–4. 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Igiaba Scego biog, Institute of Modern Language Research". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "A Review of La mia casa è dove sono" (PDF). Quaderno Culturale Queens College Italian Program Newsletter (Spring): 5. 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

Further reading

  • Simone Brioni. The Somali Within. Language, Race and Belonging in 'Minor' Italian Literature. Cambridge: Legenda 2015.
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