Vincenzo Latronico
Italian writer and translator (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincenzo Latronico (born 1984) is an Italian writer and translator.
Life and works
Vincenzo Latronico was born in Rome in 1984 and later moved to Milan to study philosophy.[1][2]
In 2008 he published his debut novel Ginnastica e Rivoluzione (Bompiani), followed by La cospirazione delle colombe (Bompiani 2011), La mentalità dell'alveare (Bompiani 2013), Narciso nelle colonie (Quodlibet 2013), Le perfezioni (Bompiani 2022) and La chiave di Berlino (Einaudi 2023). Translations of his novels have been published in more than 20 countries, and in 2025 he was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize for Le perfezioni (translated into English by Sophie Hughes as Perfection).[3][4][5]
As a translator, he has produced Italian versions of works by a range of authors, including Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald and George Orwell. He has been published in La Stampa and Corriere della Sera, and he is a regular contributor to the weekly Internazionale.[2]
References
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