Giorgio De Simone

Giorgio De Simone (born 1932January 2024) was an Italian journalist, novelist and writer.

Biography

Born in Milan in 1932, he graduated in modern literature at a very young age to write, beginning with short stories in widely read periodicals. He worked in large-scale industry, primarily on journalism and communications.

He is the author of articles published in the daily newspaper Il Giorno (in the 1980s) and Avvenire.

Works Journalism

Il lettore arrabbiato, ed. Pola, cover by Armando Testa, 1976

Novels

1977 - La gabbia di carta, Edizioni Paoline, Milan 1980 - L'escluso, Mondadori, Milan (Endine Prize 1980) 1981 - L'incisione, Rizzoli, Milan (Città di Penne Prize 1981) 1984 - L'Armonista, Rizzoli, Milan (Stresa Prize; sel. Viareggio Prize 1985; Premio Europa 1985; Annese Prize 1986) 1988 - Il caso Anima, Rizzoli, Milan (Maria Cristina di Savoia Literary Prize 1990) 1998 - L'isola dei pantèi, Sellerio editore, Palermo 1998 (Latina Prize 1999), translated in Romanian as Isola fermecatâ, Ed. Meronia, Bucarest, 2008 2004 - Mondo prossimo, Ed. Ares, Milan 2006 - Era un giorno di 32 ore, Sellerio editore, Palermo 2012 - Michele tiene all'Inter ma crede in Dio, Ed. Medusa, Milan