Born 1969 · Italy
Strega 2019 · Winner
M. Il figlio del secolo
Antonio Scurati · 49 when first published
Novel · 773 pages · Historical, Politics · M, book 1
AI-generated summary:Milan, 1919: Benito Mussolini, a socialist leader expelled from his party and editor of a small newspaper, gathers the violent and the disaffected around him. A novel in which nothing is invented follows his rise from 1919 to 1925.
Strega 2014 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Unfaithful Father”
Antonio Scurati · 44 when first published
Novel · 188 pages · Family, Love
AI-generated summary:The day his wife bursts into tears in the kitchen saying she may not like men, Glauco, a forty-year-old chef and father of a three-year-old, sets out to find the truth about himself as a man.
Strega 2009 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Child Who Dreamed of the End of the World”
Antonio Scurati · 40 when first published
Novel · 295 pages · Crime
AI-generated summary:Children at a nursery school in a northern Italian city accuse adults of terrible acts, and fear spreads across the country. A disillusioned professor is asked by a newspaper to investigate the case.