Paolo Di Stefano

Born in Avola, Di Stefano graduated in Romance studies at the University of Pavia and then started working as a journalist and a columnist for various publications, including Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica and Corriere del Ticino.^[1] He debuted as a novelist in 1994, and won several awards including the Viareggio Prize in 2013 for Giallo d'Avola and the Bagutta Prize in 2016 for Ogni altra vita.^[2] In 2008 he was a finalist of the Premio Campiello for the novel Nel cuore che ti cerca.^[3] He is also an author of essays, short stories and collections of poems.^[1]