Born 1970 · Italy
Strega 2026 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Plato: A Love Story”
Matteo Nucci · 55 when first published
Novel · 566 pages · Historical, Love
AI-generated summary:A summer morning in 415 BC: four boys sit on a rock above the port of Piraeus. One of them, twelve-year-old Aristocles, will later be called Plato. A friend tells the story of his life.
Strega 2017 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“It Is Right to Obey the Night”
Matteo Nucci · 47 when first published
Novel · 363 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:On a bend of the Tiber at the edge of Rome, a small community living in shacks and barges has taken in a man in flight, whom they call 'the doctor'. Slowly his past and his loss come to light.
Strega 2010 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Friends Hold All Things in Common”
Matteo Nucci · 39 when first published
Novel · 217 pages · Family, Love
AI-generated summary:After his father's death, Lorenzo spends a summer between Rome and Greece trying to learn who the elusive, unfaithful man really was, while the women in his life and his family all seem to keep something back.