Alessandro Perissinotto
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Alessandro Perissinotto (born 1964 in Turin
) is an Italian
writer
, translator and university professor.
with a dissertation on semiotics
and starts his research in multimedia, teaching instruments, the language of signs in fairytales, with Gli Attrezzi del Narratore. He publishes Il Dizionario Della Fiaba (Dictionary of the Fairytale) with Gian Paolo Caprettini.
He currently teaches at the University of Turin
, having taught in Bergamo
for a few years.
He plays football in the Osvaldo Soriano Football Club, the Italian writers' national team.
The first novel is L’anno che uccisero Rosetta, set in the Sixties in Cantoira, a small village in the Balli di Lanzo (Piedmont
), followed shortly afterwards by La canzone di Colombano set in Val di Susa, in Chiomonte
, at the beginning of the 16th century
. Then he publishes Treno 8017, inspired by a train accident in 1944 when more than 500 people died, and in 2004 Al mio Giudice, an epistolary novel where the letters between someone accused of murder and the judge searching for him are exchanged by email. The two latter books are set in modern times, and in the environment of financiers dealing with dangerous online speculations. Al mio Giudice wins the Premio Grinzane Cavour (2005) for Italian fiction.
In the following three novels Una piccola storia ignobile, L'ultima notte bianca and L'orchestra del Titanic, all published by Rizzoli
, the investigation is carried out by the same character, the psychologist Anna Pavesi, who uses her knowledge of the mind to find the banality of evil which is present in all people; in particular, the investigation in L'ultima notte bianca, during the Olympics in Turin shows the existence of a city periphery inhabited by hardworking people but excluded from the main celebrations, and most of all by a large number of young people who live in extreme poverty and eek a living from drugs and prostitution.
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
) is an Italian
Italy
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writer
Writer
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, translator and university professor.
Biography
After a number of jobs which helped funding his studies he graduates in 1992 in Italian LiteratureItalian literature
Italian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian....
with a dissertation on semiotics
Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
and starts his research in multimedia, teaching instruments, the language of signs in fairytales, with Gli Attrezzi del Narratore. He publishes Il Dizionario Della Fiaba (Dictionary of the Fairytale) with Gian Paolo Caprettini.
He currently teaches at the University of Turin
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
, having taught in Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
for a few years.
He plays football in the Osvaldo Soriano Football Club, the Italian writers' national team.
Writing
In 1997 Perissinotto starts to publish crime fiction books.The first novel is L’anno che uccisero Rosetta, set in the Sixties in Cantoira, a small village in the Balli di Lanzo (Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
), followed shortly afterwards by La canzone di Colombano set in Val di Susa, in Chiomonte
Chiomonte
Chiomonte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 992 and an area of 26.7 km². The name of the town deirives from the Latin Calcis Mons which refers to the calcium rich soil of...
, at the beginning of the 16th century
16th century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred....
. Then he publishes Treno 8017, inspired by a train accident in 1944 when more than 500 people died, and in 2004 Al mio Giudice, an epistolary novel where the letters between someone accused of murder and the judge searching for him are exchanged by email. The two latter books are set in modern times, and in the environment of financiers dealing with dangerous online speculations. Al mio Giudice wins the Premio Grinzane Cavour (2005) for Italian fiction.
In the following three novels Una piccola storia ignobile, L'ultima notte bianca and L'orchestra del Titanic, all published by Rizzoli
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. , based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV...
, the investigation is carried out by the same character, the psychologist Anna Pavesi, who uses her knowledge of the mind to find the banality of evil which is present in all people; in particular, the investigation in L'ultima notte bianca, during the Olympics in Turin shows the existence of a city periphery inhabited by hardworking people but excluded from the main celebrations, and most of all by a large number of young people who live in extreme poverty and eek a living from drugs and prostitution.
Main works
- Al mio giudice (Premio Grinzane Cavour, 2005 - Premio Letterario Chianti, 2006), (2005)
- Per vendetta, Rizzoli, (2009)
Historical crime fiction
- L'anno che uccisero Rosetta, Sellerio editore, (1997)
- La Canzone di Colombano, Sellerio editore, (Premio Fedeli, 2001), (2000)
- Treno 8017, Sellerio editore, (2003)
Anna Pavesi's trilogy
- Una piccola storia ignobile, Rizzoli (Premio Camaiore di Letteratura Gialla, 2006), (2006) [in English as Blood Sisters, Hersilia Press, 2011]
- L'ultima notte bianca, Rizzoli, (2007)
- L'orchestra dei Titanic, Rizzoli, (2008)
Non fiction
- Il testo multimediale, Utet Libreria (2000)
- Metamorfosi della rete, Bergamo University Press (2001)
- Come creare corsi on line, Carocci, (with Barbara Bruschi) (2003)
- Gli attrezzi del narratore, Rizzoli (2005)
- La società dell'indagine, Bompiani (2008)