Tullio Avoledo
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Tullio Avoledo is an Italian
novelist.
, in the province of Pordenone
(Friuli-Venezia Giulia
). After a degree in law, he worked as legal counsellor for banks.
His first novel, L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide, released in January 2003 by the minor Italian publisher Sironi, turned into an instant best-seller and won the Fort Village Montblanc Award for the best debutant writer. Avoledo showed the ability to draw the reader into the science fiction-like of a mysterious global plot involving a character modelled somehow on the author himself. In November of the same year his second novel, Mare di Bering, was published.
His last novel for Sironi was Lo stato dell'unione of 2005. In that year his first novel for Einaudi
, one of the most renowned Italian publishers (which had also issued pocket editions of the former two), was released, under the title Tre sono le cose misteriose. With this fourth book, in 2006 Avoledo won the prestigious Grinzane Award.
The following Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti is a novel where characters (like Giulio Rovedo and Cecilia Mazzi) and situations of L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide are revisited (even if with some significant differences), with a new plot set in the world of the global economics and of the industrial delocalization.
La ragazza di Vajont is set in a dystopic alternate Italy dominated by a fascist regime, and plunged into a seemingly endless winter. The author says that the novel was inspired in part by a poem by medieval Minnesanger Walther von der Vogelweide
and by the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
L'ultimo giorno felice is a short novel which Avoledo wrote for Legambiente, an environmental organization in Italy. The plot is centered on the predicaments of a young architect, Francesco Salvador, selling for money his soul to the mafia. The novel describes the last hours of Francesco, during an exclusive tour of the Venetian lagoon.
Science fiction is often present in the works of Avoledo. Avoledo's novel L'anno dei dodici inverni (2009) deals with time travel, love and redemption, in a mix of science fiction themes and intimistic narration. In 2011 he published another science fiction novel, Un buon posto per morire, in collaboration with Davide "Boosta" Dileo, keyboard player of the Turinese band Subsonica
.
Italian 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....
novelist.
Biography
Avoledo was born in ValvasoneValvasone
Valvasone is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 15 km east of Pordenone...
, in the province of Pordenone
Province of Pordenone
The Province of Pordenone is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone. The territory was carved out of the Province of Udine in 1968....
(Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...
). After a degree in law, he worked as legal counsellor for banks.
His first novel, L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide, released in January 2003 by the minor Italian publisher Sironi, turned into an instant best-seller and won the Fort Village Montblanc Award for the best debutant writer. Avoledo showed the ability to draw the reader into the science fiction-like of a mysterious global plot involving a character modelled somehow on the author himself. In November of the same year his second novel, Mare di Bering, was published.
His last novel for Sironi was Lo stato dell'unione of 2005. In that year his first novel for Einaudi
Giulio Einaudi
Giulio Einaudi was one of the most important publishers in Italian history.-Biography:Giulio Einaudi was born in Dogliani in 1912, the son of Luigi Einaudi, future president of the Italian Republic, and his wife Ida.He attended the Massimo d'Azeglio liceo classico, and became a student of noted...
, one of the most renowned Italian publishers (which had also issued pocket editions of the former two), was released, under the title Tre sono le cose misteriose. With this fourth book, in 2006 Avoledo won the prestigious Grinzane Award.
The following Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti is a novel where characters (like Giulio Rovedo and Cecilia Mazzi) and situations of L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide are revisited (even if with some significant differences), with a new plot set in the world of the global economics and of the industrial delocalization.
La ragazza di Vajont is set in a dystopic alternate Italy dominated by a fascist regime, and plunged into a seemingly endless winter. The author says that the novel was inspired in part by a poem by medieval Minnesanger Walther von der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide is the most celebrated of the Middle High German lyric poets.-Life history:For all his fame, Walther's name is not found in contemporary records, with the exception of a solitary mention in the travelling accounts of Bishop Wolfger of Erla of the Passau diocese:...
and by the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
L'ultimo giorno felice is a short novel which Avoledo wrote for Legambiente, an environmental organization in Italy. The plot is centered on the predicaments of a young architect, Francesco Salvador, selling for money his soul to the mafia. The novel describes the last hours of Francesco, during an exclusive tour of the Venetian lagoon.
Science fiction is often present in the works of Avoledo. Avoledo's novel L'anno dei dodici inverni (2009) deals with time travel, love and redemption, in a mix of science fiction themes and intimistic narration. In 2011 he published another science fiction novel, Un buon posto per morire, in collaboration with Davide "Boosta" Dileo, keyboard player of the Turinese band Subsonica
Subsonica
Subsonica is an Italian rock band that was formed in 1996 in Turin. Their eponymous debut album debuted in the spring of 1997. The band gained real success in 2000 by playing the Sanremo Music Festival...
.