Chiara Valerio (born 3 March 1978) is an Italian author and essayist.
Chiara Valerio (born 3 March 1978) is an Italian author and essayist.
Valerio was born in Scauri, in the province of Latina as part of the Lazio region, in 1978. [1] [2] Although she went on to live in Rome, she spent her childhood and youth in Scauri. [3] She studied and later taught mathematics for many years. [4] With a thesis about probability, Valerio obtained a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Naples Federico II, and started working as editor. [1] [2]
Valerio began her career as editor for the Italian magazine Nuovi Argomenti, and contributed to the literary blog Nazione Indiana. [1] [2] During her career, she wrote for the radio and theatre, and worked with the newspapers Domani , La Repubblica , Il Sole 24 Ore , and L'Unità , the magazine Vanity Fair , the weekly publication L'Espresso , and the monthly publication Amica , as well as with the cultural broadcasting Pane quotidiano on the Italian national television channel Rai 3, among other TV programms. [1] [2] Valerio directed the series Narrativa.it for the publishing house Nottetempo, which is dedicated to the emerging writers of Italian fiction. [1] [2] Together with Anna Antonelli, Fabiana Carobolante, and Lorenzo Pavolini, she started working as editor for the radio broadcast Ad alta voce and L'isola destra on Rai Radio 3. [1] [2] In 2010, one of her radio plays, titled "È vostra la vita che ho perso", was broadcast on Radio 3. [1]
Valerio participated in the writing of the main character of Nanni Moretti's film Mia Madre , together with Moretti, Valia Santella, and Gaia Manzini, as well as in that of Gianni Amelio's film Tenderness , together with Amelio and Alberto Taraglio. In 2018, she became an editor-in-chief for the section dedicated to Italian narrative of the publishing house Marsilio, and ideated the PassaParola series. [5] In October 2016, Valerio was named cultural director for Tempo di Libri, the newly created Milan book fair. [6] Her pamphlet Matematica è politics was part of the five finalists for the 2021 Galileo Literary Prize for Scientific Dissemination. [7] With Michela Murgia, she wrote the theatre show Phon – Istruzioni per l'uso, bringing it to the stage on 9 May 2022 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. [8] In 2023, Valerio worked as editor for the 22th edition of the book fair Più libri più liberi, [2] and wrote her second pamphlet, published by Giulio Einaudi and titled La tecnologia è religione. [9] In 2024, she wrote Chi dice e chi tace, which was published by Sellerio Editore and nominated to the Premio Campiello. [10]
In 2004, Valerio won the Premio Carver Narrativa for A complicare le cose. [10] In 2007, the literature festival of the city of Mantua, Festivaletteratura, chose Valerio as the Italian author for "Yound Writings 2007". [1] In 2014, she won the Premio Fiesole Narrativa Under 40 with Almanacco del giorno prima. [11] In 2020, she won the Premio Mondello for Il cuore non si vede. [10] In 2022, Valerio won the Premio The Bridge Narrativa for Così per sempre. [10]
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