Paolo Giordano

Paolo Giordano (born 1982) is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers.

Paolo Giordano.

Biography

Paolo Giordano was born on December 19, 1982, in Turin, Italy. He studied physics at the University of Turin and holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics. The Solitude of Prime Numbers, his first novel, has sold over a million copies and was translated into thirty languages.

The Italian language film based on the novel was released in September 2010.

His book How Contagion Works is one of the first to be written on the COVID-19 pandemic and warns of the danger of authoritarianism.[1]

Bibliography

2008: The Solitude of Prime Numbers (published in Italian as La solitudine dei numeri primi)
2012: The Human Body (published in Italian as Il corpo umano)
2014: Like Family (published in Italian as Il nero e l'argento)
2018: Divorare il cielo
2020: How Contagion Works (published in Italian as Nel contagio)

Awards

2008: Strega Prize (The Solitude of Prime Numbers)
2008: Premio Campiello for a first novel (The Solitude of Prime Numbers)

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References

Leone, Alessandro (10 April 2020). "Paolo Giordano: "Después de grandes traumas colectivos, nuestra reacción instintiva es olvidar"". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2020.

External links

Paolo Giordano interview English language interview with Paolo Giordano
Audio: Paolo Giordano in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion programme The Forum

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[1] Leone, Alessandro (10 April 2020). "Paolo Giordano: "Después de grandes traumas colectivos, nuestra reacción instintiva es olvidar"". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2020.