Susanna Tamaro

1957 -

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country of citizenship: Italy

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: Experimental Centre of Cinematography

occupation: film director, screenwriter, writer, novelist

award received: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Prize Italo Calvino

official website: www.susannatamaro.it

Susanna Tamaro (Italian pronunciation: [suˈzanna taˈmaːro]; born 12 December 1957) is an Italian novelist and film director. She is an author of novels, stories, magazine articles, and children's literature. Her novel Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow your Heart) was a bestseller, translated into 44 languages, and received the 1994 Premio Donna Citta di Roma. Source: Wikipedia (en)