Sara Rattaro

Sara Rattaro (born Genoa, June 9, 1975) is an Italian writer.

Biography

Sara Rattaro holds degrees in Biology (1999) and Communication Studies (2009), both from the University of Genoa. She worked as a pharmaceutical representative for some years before switching to full-time writing.

Writing career

Her novels mainly deal with women's lives, feelings and challenges. Spousal abuse, motherhood, family bonds are among the themes she explores in her writing. She was awarded the Premio Bancarella for Niente è come te in 2015.[1] She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Splendi più che puoi in 2016.[2] Her novels have been translated in several languages, among them Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian. In 2017 her first children's book, Il cacciatore di sogni was published.

Novels

  • Sulla sedia sbagliata, Milan: Morellini, 2010
  • Un uso qualunque di te, Florence: Giunti, 2012
  • Non volare via, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2013
  • Niente è come te, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2014
  • Splendi più che puoi, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2016
  • L'amore addosso, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2017
  • Il cacciatore di sogni, Milan: Mondadori, 2017
  • Uomini che restano, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2018

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Premio Bancarella 2015, vince Sara Rattaro sul filo di lana". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Precedenti vincitrici premio Rapallo Carige - Gruppo Banca Carige". Gruppocarige.it. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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