Background

Sergio Atzeni was born on October 14, 1952 in Capoterra, Sardinia, Italy. He was the son of Licio, a miner and Communist party representative, and Graziella (Marongiu) Atzeni.

Education

Sergio Atzeni attended high school in Cagliari, Italy. Later, he studied philosophy at the University of Cagliari.

Career

Sergio Atzeni moved to Cagliari where, as a journalist, he worked for some of the most important Sardinian newspapers. Then he was a worker at the "Enel", an electric company, in Cagliari, Italy from 1976 - 1985. He worked as a freelance writer and translator from French and Spanish into Italian from 1988 - 1995.

Sergio published two novels with the Sicilian publishing house of Sellerio, including "Il figlio di Bakunin" (1991) and "Apologo del Giudice Bandito" (1986). His last two novels, "Il quinto passo è l'addio" and "Passavamo sulla terra leggeri", were published by Mondadori. His other works include "Bellas Mariposas" (1996), "Due Colori Esistono al Mondo/Il Verde e il Secondo (1997).

Sergio also was a contributor of articles, poems, stories, and translations to Italian magazines and newspapers. He drown in the waters of Sardinia on September 6, 1995.

Achievements

• Sergio Atzeni’s importance as a writer gained a wide and profound recognition. Most of his novels have been translated into French, and "Il figlio di Bakunìn" has also appeared in Spanish and English. His short story "Bellas Mariposas" was included in the prestigious collection "Racconti italiani".

Works

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  • Bakunin's Son

    (Who was Tullio Saba: anarchist, womanizer, unscrupulous b...)

    2009
  • Passavamo sulla terra leggeri

    (Italian Edition)

    2013
  • Il quinto passo è l'addio

    (Italian Edition)

    2013
  • Bellas Mariposas

    (Italian Edition)

    1996
  • Due colori esistono al mondo: Il verde è il secondo

    (Italian Edition)

    1997
  • Apologo del giudice bandito 1986

Politics

Sergio Atzeni left the Italian Communist Party because he disillusioned with politics.

Views

Sergio Atzeni considered himself to be Sardinian, Italian, European. He felt that his Sardinian ethnicity stemmed from the mixing of peoples that had landed and settled the island since the beginning of time. It was a sort of wider Mediterranean culture that was the product of multiplicity and diversity.

Interests

• literature, music

Connections

In 1977 Sergio Atzeni married Rossana Copez. They divorced in 1983. He had a daughter, Jenny.

Father:

Licio Atzeni

Mother:

Graziella Atzeni

Spouse:

Rossana Copez

Daughter:

Jenny Atzeni

References

• Sergio Atzeni: Écrivain Postcolonial French Edtion
  2016
• Sergio Atzeni Italian Edition
  2016