CURRICULUM VITAE

Nicola Lecca was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1976. His first work Concerti senza orchestra (Marsilio 1999, third edition) was short listed for the Premio Strega (which is the Italian equivalent of the English "Booker Prize" and the French "Goncourt") and also received the Premio Rhegium Julii per l'opera prima, the Premio Selezione Chiara and the Premio Basilicata. In 2000 Marsilio published his novel Ritratto Notturno, which won the Prix du Premier Roman and was translated and released in The Netherlands by Prometeus. His collection of short stories Ho Visto Tutto (Marsilio 2003, second edition) was awarded the Hemingway Prize for literature.

His new novel "Hotel Borg" has beeen published on march 2006, by Mondadori, the leading italian publisher.

His philosophical essay "Di quasi tutto non ci accorgiamo" has been published by the Dutch Nexus

In San Pellegrino Terme in 2000, Nicola Lecca received a prize from Mario Rigoni Stern, as the most promising writer of his generation.

For his artistic merits Nicola Lecca was chosen to represent Italy on board the Literaturexpress, a train promoted by Unesco for 100 writers from 46 different countries, that travelled from Lisbon to Moscow.

He was also invited to represent Italy in the anthology Racconti senza dogana - Giovani scrittori per la nuova Europa (Short Stories without Borders - Young Writers for a New Europe), an initiative of the Direzione Generale per la Promozione e Cooperazione Culturale of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with P.E.N. Club. This unique volume was published during the semester of Italian presidency at the European Parliament, and featured short stories by 25 European writers, in both Italian and the original language.

Nicola Lecca has collaborated with RAI radio stations as a music critic and correspondent and has written over 200 articles for the culture section of various magazines and newspapers, among them L'Unità, La Stampa, Il Giornale and L'Unione Sarda. He has held conferences at universities and cultural institutes in numerous European cities, including Moscow, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Tallin, Rome, Lugano, Berlin, Paris and Warsaw.

Nicola Lecca was received by several heads of State and government leaders and in July 2000 was invited to speak at the European Parliament. His works have been translated and published in Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, The Netherlands, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland. Amongst them "Hotel Borg" and "Ritratto Notturno" are proudly present in the Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek