Giulia Caminito prvi je roman La grande A [Veliko A], nadahnut vlastitom obiteljskom prošlošću, objavila 2016. i njime osvojila nekoliko prestižnih književnih nagrada. Smješten u vrijeme talijanskog kolonijalnog carstva, roman među ostalim tematizira sraz zapadnjačke i afričke kulture.
Njezin treći roman, L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce, koji je u Hrvatskoj pod naslovom Jezerska voda nikad nije slatka u prijevodu Alje Gudžević objavila Fraktura, ušao je 2021. u uži izbor za talijansku književnu nagradu Premio Strega te osvojio nagrade Premio Strega Off i Premio Campiello. Postao je bestseler u Italiji i preveden je na više od dvadeset jezika. Riječ je o dirljivom, ljutitom, naglavce izvrnutom bildungsromanu, čija se fascinantna protagonistica sudara sa siromaštvom i klasnim barijerama. Radikalno nepomirljiva, Giulia Caminito elegantnim stilom i preciznim jezikom progovara o neispunjenim obećanjima “bolje budućnosti” i razočaranju u snove čitave jedne generacije.
Rođena je u Rimu 1988. godine, gdje i dalje živi.
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Giulia Caminito published her debut novel La grande A [The Big A[, inspired by her own family history, in 2016. She has won several prestigious prizes for it. The novel takes place during the Italian colonial period and talks, among other things, about the gap between the Western and African cultures.
Her third novel, L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce [The Water of the Lake is Never Sweet], was shortlisted for the Italian literary prize Premio Strega in 2021 and won the Premio Strega Off and Premio Campiello prizes. It has become a bestseller in Italy and has been translated into over twenty languages. It is a touching, angry story, and an upside-down bildungsroman, whose fascinating female protagonist clashes with poverty and class barriers. Radically uncompromising, Giulia Caminito uses her elegant style and accurate language to talk about unfulfilled promises of a “better future” and disappointment of an entire generation.
She was born in Rome in 1988, where she still resides.
