Nicola Lagioia
Nicola Lagioia was born in Bari, Lagioia debuted as a novelist in 2001 with Tre sistemi per sbarazzarsi di Tolstoj (senza risparmiare se stessi). In 2013 and in 2014, he was among the film selectors of the Venice International Film Festival. In 2015, he won the Strega Prize with the novel La ferocia (a.k.a.
Nicola Lagioia
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- Name
- Nicola Lagioia
- Born
- 18 April 1973
- Birthplace
- Bari, Italy
- Occupation
- Writer Nicola Lagioia (born 18 April 1973) is an Italian writer.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Fields
- Italian literature · opinion journalism
- Honours
- Viareggio Prize · Strega Prize
- Languages
- Italian
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In 2025, his novel The City of the Living was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. In 2026, the novel was adapted into a film with the same title directed by Edoardo Gabbriellini.
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Nicola Lagioia
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• Name — Nicola Lagioia • Born — 18 April 1973 • Birthplace — Bari, Italy • Occupation — Writer Nicola Lagioia (born 18 April 1973) is an Italian writer.
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Nicola Lagioia (born 1973) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Nicola Lagioia was born in 1973 in Bari.
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