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Author Bio
Birth—1978
Where—Reggio Calabria, Italy
Raised—San Lorenzo al Mare, Ligura
Education—N/A
Awards—Campiello Prize, Pozzale Luigi Russo Award, Rapallo Prize, and others
Currently—lives in Rome, Italy


Rosella Postorino is a bestselling Italian author and an editor. She was born in Reggion Calabria, the toe of Italy, at the narrow strait separating the mainland from Sicily. She grew up farther north, however, in Liguria, the region known as the Italian Riveria.

Postorino speaks fluent English, Italian, French, and German. Her novels have garnered numerous Italian literary awards. At the Wolf’s Table is her first to be translated into English.

Novels
2007 - The room above
2009 - The summer that we lost God
2013 - The docile body  
2018 - The tasters (At the Wolf's Table, 2019 in the U.S.)
(Author bio adapted from online sources. Retrieved 2/25/2019.)