Lorenzo Amurri Explained

Lorenzo Amurri (1971 – 12 July 2016) was an Italian writer and musician.

Biography

Amurri was born in Rome in 1971.^[1] He turned to writing after a skiing accident that left him a quadriplegic. His short stories appear in a collection titled Amore Caro. His first novel Apnea won the 2015 EU Prize for Literature.^[2]

As a musician, Amurri worked with Italian artists such as Tiromancino and Franco Califano.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lorenzo Amurri — European Union Prize for Literature. euprizeliterature.eu. 14 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413142945/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2015/lorenzo-amurri. 13 April 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Morto Lorenzo Amurri, "ma per me fate una festa". 12 July 2016. repubblica.it. 14 July 2016.