Paola C

Paola Capriolo (born 1 January 1962 ) is an Italian novelist and translator.

The daughter of a theatre critic and translator from Liguria and an artist from Turin, which won the Giuseppe Berto Prize. She often is inspired by music, including references to music and making use of musical metaphors. and was a finalist for the Premio Campiello in 1991 Vissi d’amore (1992) La spettatrice (1995) Un uomo di carattere (1996) Barbara (1998) Una di loro (2001) Qualcosa nella notte. Storia di Gilgamesh, signore di Uruk, e dell'uomo selvatico cresciuto tra le gazzelle (2003) ll pianista muto (2009) Caino (2012) Mi ricordo (2015)

Children's literature La ragazza dalla stella d'oro (1991) L’amico invisibile (2006) Maria Callas (2007) Indira Gandhi (2009) La macchina dei sogni (2009)

Translations from German La morte a Venice Thomas Mann (1991) I dolori del giovane Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1993) Le affinità elettive Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1995) Doppio sogno Arthur Schnitzler (2002) Pietre colorate Adalbert Stifter (2005) Metamorfosi Franz Kafka (2011)