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Biographical note
Donatella Di Pietrantonio lives in Penne, Abruzzo, where she practices as a pediatric dentist. From the age of nine she has been writing stories, fables, poems, and novels. Her short fiction has been published by Granta Italy, and her novel, Bella mia, was nominated for the Strega Prize and won the Brancati Prize. A Girl Returned, her third novel, won the Campiello Prize. A Sister's Story was a finalist for the 2021 Strega Prize and a New Yorker Best Book of 2022. The Brittle Age, her fifth novel, won the 2024 Strega Prize. Ann Goldstein has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante’s books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Lying Life of Adults and The Story of the Lost Child, which was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.“If you’ve devoured everything by Elena Ferrante, there’s a good chance you’ll like the work of Di Pietrantonio.”
Literary Hub
"Lacerating hurt – conveyed with powerful immediacy in this translation by Ann Goldstein – stings throughout the novel, but also becomes the impetus for resilience and self-determination."
The Guardian (on A Girl Returned)
“A Girl Returned is as heart-warming as it is heart-rending.”
The Economist
"Di Pietrantonio... knows just when and where to slip the pieces of her jigsaw into place — all while leaving emotional gaps, psychic wounds that can never heal."
The Washington Post (on A Girl Returned)