Lorenzo Amurri

Lorenzo Amurri (1971 – 12 July 2016) was an Italian writer and musician.[1] He turned to writing after a skiing accident that left him a quadriplegic. His short stories appear in a collection titled Amore Caro. His first novel Apnea won the 2015 EU Prize for Literature.[2]

As a musician, Amurri worked with Italian artists such as Tiromancino and Franco Califano.

References
  1. "Lorenzo Amurri — European Union Prize for Literature". euprizeliterature.eu. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. "Morto Lorenzo Amurri, "ma per me fate una festa"". repubblica.it. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.


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