Viola Di Grado

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Viola Di Grado

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Born
in Catania, Italy
June 04

Member Since
July 2015


Viola Di Grado was born in Catania in 1987. She lived in Kyoto, Leeds and London, where she earned her MA in East Asian philosophies. Her widely translated first novel- Settanta acrilco trenta lana (70% Acrylic 30% Wool) published when she was 23- was the winner of the prestigious 2011 Campiello First Novel Award and the Rapallo Opera Prima Award. It was also longlisted for the Strega Award and for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014. Her short stories and essays have been published in numerous magazines and journals.

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Settanta acrilico trenta lana

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Il superuovo

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“Try and make them understand that while artists can recycle their suffering in their art, I didn't know what to do with mine.”
Viola Di Grado, Hollow Heart

“I'd understood that grief is a Russian nesting doll: it never ends, it just hides inside new grief, and every new instance of grief contains all the previous ones. So my grief was invisible but it was there, inside every stupid daily disappointment.”
Viola Di Grado, Hollow Heart

“When she has me in her teeth, naked and bad on top of me, everything is good”
Viola Di Grado, Blue Hunger

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