Marco Franzoso

Marco Franzoso was born in 1965. Two of his novels, Tu non sai cos’è l’amore (winner of the Castiglioncello Prize) and Westwood dee-jay, have been adapted for theatre. Il bambino indaco (The Indigo Child), published by Einaudi in 2012, was turned into the movie Hungry Hearts, directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver, both of whom received the Coppa Volpi for best performance at the Venice Film Festival in 2014. L’innocente (Innocent) was published by Mondadori in 2018, and won the Mondello Prize. Le parole lo sanno (Words Will Find the Way) was published by Mondadori in March 2020.  His novel, La Lezione (The Lesson), was published by Mondadori in April 2022 and has been turned into a movie produced by Pico Media and starring Matilda De Angelis and Stefano Accorsi. Mondadori also published his latest novel La madre del mare (The Mother of the Sea). Marco also coauthored Gino Cecchettin’s book Cara Giulia (Dear Giulia), which was n.1 in Italy.