Marcello Di Cintio


Marcello Di Cintio is a Canadian writer who has published several books, and many articles and essays in newspapers and magazines across North America and in the United Kingdom. In addition, he has worked as Writer-in-Residence at both the University of Calgary and at Calgary Public Library.

Biography

Marcello was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He lives in Calgary with his wife, Moonira, and son, Amedeo.

Education

Marcello studied Microbiology and English at the University of Calgary, and was also a member of the University of Calgary Wrestling Team. He graduated in 1997 with both BA and BSc degrees.

Nonfiction

Di Cintio won the 2012 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Walls: Travels Along the Barricades. The award was made on March 6, 2013 at the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual Politics and the Pen in Ottawa, Ontario. Walls: Travels Along the Barricades was also nominated for the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and the 2013 British Columbia National Award for Non-Fiction.
Di Cintio won the City of Calgary W. O. Mitchell Book Prize in 2012 for Walls: Travels Along the Barricades and, again, in 2018 for Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense.