Simona Lo Iacono

Simona Lo Iacono was born in Siracusa in 1970. She works as a magistrate at the Court of Catania. She writes for newspapers and magazines, and runs several workshops and courses in prisons as a volunteer. Her novels include Tu non dici parole (Giulio Perrone Editore, 2008), which won the Premio Vittorini Opera Prima; Le streghe di Lenzavacche (E/O, 2016), which was longlisted for the Premio Strega 2016; and Il morso (Neri Pozza, 2017), which won the Premio Leonardo Sciascia. L’albatro (Neri Pozza, 2019) has been translated into several languages. Her last novel is Virdimura (Guanda, 2024).

Simona Lo Iacono
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