Francesca Melandri
Francesca Melandri is an Italian novelist, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Più alto del mare in 2012.
She started writing very young, working first as a screenwriter, and has worked on films and television series, as well as a number of prize winning documentaries.
In 2010 she published her first novel, Eva dorme, set in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria, a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict and the search for truth. The novel, which won several literary prizes in 2010 and 2011, was translated into English by Katherine Gregor, as well as into German, Dutch and French.
Melandri's second novel, Più alto del mare was published in 2012 and it has also won several literary prizes.
