Paolo Cognetti
Biography
Paolo Cognetti was born in Milan in 1978. He initially studied mathematics but then took a degree in screenwriting from the Milan Film School. He worked as a camera operator, film editor and screenwriter on several documentaries. He started writing stories and then went on to write novels. He is not to be confused with the composer or computer writer of the same name.
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Bibliography
2004 Manuale per ragazze di successo (stories)
2007 Una cosa piccolo che sta per esplodere (stories)
2010 New York è una finestra senza tende (literary guide)
2012 Sofia veste sempre di nero (novel)
2013 Il ragazzo selvatico (novel)
2013 Il nuotatore (with Mara Cerri) (children’s)
2014 Tutte le mie preghiere guardano verso ovest (story)
2014 A pesca nelle pozze più profonde : meditazioni sull’arte di scrivere racconti (literature)
2016 Le otto montagne (The Eight Mountains) (novel)
2018 Senza mai arrivare in cima (Without Ever Reaching the Summit : A Himalayan Journey)
2021 La felicità del lupo (The Lovers) (novel)
2023 Giù nella valle (novel)