Guests of the Book World Prague 2022
Viola Ardone
Participates in Programmes: 10. 6. 13:00 ATELIER EUROPA| 11. 6. 14:00 AUTHOR'S HALL | 11. 6. 15:00 HB201 | The Italian writer Viola Ardone was born in Naples and studied literature. She worked in publishing industry and then as a teacher of Italian and Latin. Her debut novel La ricetta del cuore in subbuglio (Heart recipe) was published in 2013 and followed in 2016 byt Una rivoluzione sentimentale (A sentimental revolution). Her novel Il treno dei bambini (The Children's Train) caused a great sensation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2019 and became quickly a world best-seller. Czechs can read The Children’s Train (Vlak pro děti) published by Ikar in Alice Macková’s translation and Oliva Denaro (Nejsem jako džbán) to be published just before Svět knihy Praha 2022. Viola Ardone lives in Naples.
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