SILVIA
AVALLONE
Silvia Avallone was born in 1984 in Biella, a town in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. She studied Philosophy and Literature at the University of Bologna, where she still lives today. She made her literary debut in 2007 with the poetry collection Il libro dei vent’anni (The Book of Twenty Years).
She subsequently published short stories in a number of literary magazines. Her first novel, Acciaio (Steel), was published in 2010. The book was a major success, translated into numerous languages, and won the Campiello First Novel Award (2010). It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Strega Prize, Italy’s most important literary award, and was later adapted for the screen.
Her other works include Marina Bellezza (2013), Da dove la vita è perfetta (Where Life Is Perfect, 2018), and Un’amicizia (A Friendship, 2020). In 2012, Le Lynx was published in France.
Avallone is also a contributor to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and its weekly supplements Sette and La Lettura.
