Gianrico Carofiglio | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 19 April 2008 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1961 Bari, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Bari |
| Occupation | Magistrate, novelist |
Gianrico Carofiglio (born 30 May 1961) is an Italian novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the city of Bari.[1] His debut novel, Involuntary Witness, published in 2002 and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh, was published by the Bitter Lemon Press and has been adapted as the basis for a popular television series in Italy.[2] The subsequent novels were translated by Howard Curtis and Antony Shugaar.
Carofiglio won the 2005 Premio Bancarella award for his novel "Il passato è una terra straniera".[3] He is also Honorary President of The Edinburgh Gadda Prize which celebrates the work of Carlo Emilio Gadda.
- ^ "He lives alone with his cat". The Telegraph. London. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Chiara Muti e l'avvocato Guerrieri" (in Italian). TGCOM. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Mafia Buster Carofiglio Talks About Moonlighting as an Author". Bloomberg L.P. 2 August 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.