Tullio Avoledo

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Tullio Avoledo.
Tullio Avoledo.

Tullio Avoledo (born June 1, 1957) is an Italian novelist.

Avoledo was born in Valvasone, in the province of Pordenone (Friuli-Venezia Giulia). After a degree in law, he worked as legal counsellor for banks.

His first novel, L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide, released in January 2003 by the minor Italian publisher Sironi, turned into a best-seller and won the Fort Village Montblanc Award for the best debutant writer. Avoledo showed the ability to draw the reader into the science fiction-like of a mysterious global plot involving a character modelled somehow on the author himself. In November of the same year his second novel, Mare di Bering, was published.

His last novel for Sironi was Lo stato dell'unione of 2005. In that year his first novel for Einaudi, one of the most renowned Italian publishers (which had also issued pocket editions of the former two), was released, under the title Tre sono le cose misteriose. With this fourth book, in 2006 Avoledo won the prestigious Grinzane Award.

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  • L'elenco telefonico di Atlantide (2003)
  • Mare di Bering (2003)
  • Lo stato dell'unione (2005)
  • Tre sono le cose misteriose (2005)
  • Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti (2007)
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