Elena Varvello

About

Elena Varvello was born in Turin, Italy, in 1971. She has published two collections of poetry, Perseveranza è salutare and Atlanti, a collection of short stories, L’economia delle cose (nominated for the Premio Strega, the Italian equivalent of the Man Booker Prize), and two novels, La luce perfetta del giorno and La vita felice, now translated into English as Can you hear me? (English PEN Award 2017). She teaches Creative Writing at the Scuola Holden in Turin.

Autobiography for Quais du Polar

I’ve always been fascinated by shadows, silence, woods and desert roads. I’ve always loved questions more than answers. Someone out there in the dark, while something is going to happen: I see this image every time I close my eyes, and it will never leave me.

Crime favourites

book : Tony & Susan, Austin Wright

movie : Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve

author : Daniel Woodrell

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