Veronica Raimo
Italian screenwriter (born 1978)
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Veronica Raimo (born 1978) is an Italian writer, translator, and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Rome in 1978,[1] she earned a degree in literature with a thesis on German cinema. After graduation, she lived in Berlin, working as a researcher at Humboldt University.[2] She is sister of the writer Christian Raimo.[3]
Career
After working as a translator from English for several publishing houses,[4] Raimo published the novel Il dolore secondo Matteo in 2007. This debut was followed by two more novels, stories published in magazines and anthologies,[5] and a collection of short stories published in Germany, Eines Tages alles dir.[6] The Girl at the Door, published in October 2019 by Grove Atlantic, is her first novel to be translated into English.[7]
In 2012, Raimo co-wrote the film Bella addormentata ("Sleeping Beauty") directed by Marco Bellocchio, receiving a 2013 Nastri d'argento (Silver Ribbon) nomination for best screenplay.[8] Her articles and reviews have appeared in magazines and newspapers including Rolling Stone,[9] la Repubblica XL, il manifesto, Corriere della Sera, and Amica.[10] In 2022, she won the Premio Strega Giovani prize for her novel Niente di vero.[11]
Selected works
- Il dolore secondo Matteo, Minimum fax, 2007, ISBN 9788875211387
- Tutte le feste di domani, Rizzoli, 2013, ISBN 9788817064323
- Miden: romanzo, Mondadori, 2018, ISBN 9788804687580 (The girl at the door, 4th Estate, 2020, ISBN 9780008326364, trans. Stash Luczkiw)
- Le bambinacce, Feltrinelli, 2019, ISBN 9788807033599
- Lezioni di anatomia: il corpo umano in quindici storie, Minimum fax, 2019, ISBN 9788833890883
- Niente di vero, Einaudi, 2022, ISBN 9788806251895 (Lost on Me, Virago, 2023, ISBN 978080216204-5, trans. Leah Janeczko)
- La Vita è breve, eccetera 2023