Walter Siti

Walter Siti
Siti in 2008
Born	20 May 1947 (1947-05-20) (age 78) Modena, Italy
Occupation	Writer

Walter Siti (born 20 May 1947) is an Italian novelist, essayist, literary critic and academic. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Strega Prize.

Life and career

Born in Modena, Siti graduated from the University of Pisa and got a doctorate from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. ^[1] He served as professor of contemporary Italian literature at the University of Pisa, University of Cosenza and University of L'Aquila. ^[2] He made his literary debut as a critic, writing essays on Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sandro Penna and Eugenio Montale, among others. ^[2]

In 1994, Siti released his first novel, Scuola di nudo ("Nude School"). ^[3] His 2008 novel The Contagion ('Il contagio') was adapted into a film, Tainted Souls . ^[4] In 2013, his novel Resistere non serve a niente ("Resisting serves no purpose") won the Strega Prize and the Mondello Prize. ^[2] His 2021 essay Riflessioni sul Bene in letteratura ("Reflections on the Good in Literature") won the Viareggio Prize. ^{[2] [5]}

Siti also worked as a television writer and a television critic for the newspaper La Stampa . ^[2]

References

1. "Walter Siti, 7 libri per conoscere lo scrittore". Marie Claire (in Italian). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
2. "Siti, Walter". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
3. Giossi, Giacomo (14 May 2024). "Walter Siti, trent'anni di paura e di vuoto". Domani (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
4. Cappelli, Valerio (5 September 2017). "Virus capitale, «Il contagio» è un ritratto impietoso di Roma". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
5. "Il bis di Edith Bruck nel 92° Premio Rèpaci". La Nazione (in Italian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

External links

• Works by Walter Siti at Open Library
• Walter Siti at IMDb