Claudia Durastanti

Claudia Durastanti (born 8 June 1984, Brooklyn) is an Italian writer and translator.

Claudia Durastanti
Claudia Durastanti (2017)
Claudia Durastanti (2017)
Born (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, translator, journalist
Language
  • Italian
  • English
Citizenship
  • Italy
  • United States
Years active2010–present

She was shortlisted for the 2019 Strega Prize and Viareggio Prize with La Straniera (La nave di Teseo, 2019). The book is translated into twenty-one languages and is being adapted into a TV show.[1]

She graduated in Cultural Anthropology from the Sapienza University of Rome. Her work appeared in Granta, the Los Angeles Review of Books and The Serving Library.

She is a board member of the Turin International Book Fair and co-founded the Italian Festival of Literature in London.[2]

She translated works by Joshua Cohen and Donna Haraway, as well as Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.[2]

She writes a music column for Internazionale and serves as a curator for the feminist imprint La Tartaruga, founded by Laura Lepetit in 1975.

Works

In Italian

  • Un giorno verrò a lanciare sassi alla tua finestra, Venezia, Marsilio, 2010 ISBN 978-88-317-0572-1.
  • A Chloe, per le ragioni sbagliate, Venezia, Marsilio, 2013 ISBN 978-88-317-1670-3.
  • Cleopatra va in prigione, Roma, minimum fax, 2016 ISBN 978-88-7521-745-7.
  • La straniera, Milano, La nave di Teseo, 2019 ISBN 978-88-93447-75-1.[2]

In English

  • Cleopatra Goes To Prison, translator Christine Donougher, Dublin : The Dedalus Press, 2020. ISBN 9781910213964
  • Strangers I Know, translator Elizabeth Harris, Fitzcarraldo Editions, January 2022.[3]

References

  1. "Claudia Durastanti". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  2. "Claudia Durastanti". Granta. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. "STRANGERS I KNOW". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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