Italian author Ugo Riccarelli -- who won, among other prizes, the Premio Strega -- has passed away; see, for example the (Italian) report at Critical Mastra or his official site.
It's a bit surprising that he's never really made it in the English-speaking market (well, nothing is really that surprising as far as omissions in translation into English goes ...), since he's fared quite well elsewhere.
The only title that appears to have made it into English is the sporting collection Coppi's Angel -- published by Middlesex University Press (good for them !), whose admirable reach unfortunately does not seem to have served them well: they were apparently shut down soon afterwards, in 2009 (see this mention in The Bookseller). Good for The Independent, too, where Chris Maume reviewed it -- and found: "whatever the particular blend of fact and invention, there is no story here that doesn't resonate".
Get your copy of Coppi's Angel at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
It's a bit surprising that he's never really made it in the English-speaking market (well, nothing is really that surprising as far as omissions in translation into English goes ...), since he's fared quite well elsewhere.
The only title that appears to have made it into English is the sporting collection Coppi's Angel -- published by Middlesex University Press (good for them !), whose admirable reach unfortunately does not seem to have served them well: they were apparently shut down soon afterwards, in 2009 (see this mention in The Bookseller). Good for The Independent, too, where Chris Maume reviewed it -- and found: "whatever the particular blend of fact and invention, there is no story here that doesn't resonate".
Get your copy of Coppi's Angel at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.