Emanuela Abbadessa

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Emanuela Abbadessa (born Catania, 4 August 1964) is an Italian writer. [1] She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Capo Scirocco in 2013. [2]

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Life

She graduated in Modern Literature from Catania University [3] in 1996 where she later taught History of Music at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literaturesm from 2002 to 2005. [4] [5] Her debut novel was Capo Scirocco (Rizzoli, 2013) which won her the Rapallo Carige Prize for Woman Writers in 2013 at the International Literary Prize of Elba Island R. Brignetti. She was also a finalist at the Alassio Centolibri Prize - An Author for Europe and the City of Rieti Literary Prize.

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References

  1. "Emanuela Abbadessa si aggiudica la 41^ edizione del Premio Letterario Internazionale Isola d'Elba - R. Brignetti". www.premioletterarioelba.it.
  2. "Precedenti vincitrici premio Rapallo Carige - Gruppo Banca Carige". Gruppocarige.it. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  3. Web, Redazione (2015-04-30). "Rieti, Premio letterario: oggi l'incontro con Emanuela Abbadessa". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. Giacomo, Cassandra Di (2013-02-15). "Capo Scirocco, sinfonia d'amore e morte. La Sicilia lasciva di Emanuela Abbadessa". MeridioNews (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "Emanuela Abbadessa vince il premio Rapallo Carige". ilgiornale.it. Il Giornale.