Stefano Massini
Stefano Massini is an Italian writer, essayist and playwright. He was born in Florence in 1975, and studied Literature at the University of Florence. He began his theatrical career at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He is best known for The Lehman Trilogy, which has played in both London and Broadway to great critical acclaim. The play was also the basis for his novel Qualcosa sui Lehman, which won multiple awards. His second novel was titled L'interpretatore dei sogni.
His work has been staged in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Canada, Argentina, Algeria, Peru, Mexico, and Russia. He has won many prizes, among them the prize and the Ubu award, two of the most prestigious theatre prizes in Italy.[1]
Works in translation[]
- Qualcosa sui Lehman (2016) - The Lehman Trilogy, trans. Richard Dixon (2019)[2]
- Dizionario inesistente (2018) - The Book of Nonexistent Words, trans. Richard Dixon (2021)[3]
References[]
- Italian male dramatists and playwrights
- University of Florence alumni
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Prix Médicis essai winners
- Dramatist and playwright stubs