Lorenzo Amurri

Italian writer and musician

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.

References

^ "Lorenzo Amurri — European Union Prize for Literature". euprizeliterature.eu. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ "Morto Lorenzo Amurri, "ma per me fate una festa"". repubblica.it. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.