Gianrico Carofiglio

Gianrico Carofiglio (born 30 May 1961) is a novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the Italian city of Bari. His debut novel, Involuntary Witness, published in 2002 and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh, was published by the Bitter Lemon Press and has been adapted as the basis for a popular television series in Italy. The subsequent novels were translated by Howard Curtis.

Carofiglio won the 2005 Premio Bancarella award for his novel "Il passato è una terra straniera". He is also Honorary President of The Edinburgh Gadda Prize which celebrates the work of Carlo Emilio Gadda.

Gianrico Carofiglio has worked for many years as a prosecutor specialized in organized crime. He was appointed advisor of the anti-Mafia committee in the Italian parliament in 2007 and has served as senator from 2008 to 2013. He has been president of the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari from 2015 to 2016.

Carofiglio débuts in fiction in 2002 with Testimone inconsapevole (Involuntary Witness), the novel that introduces the character of lawyer Guido Guerrieri, who will figure also in Ad occhi chiusi (A Walk in the Dark, 2003, “Best International Noir of the year 2007” in Germany), Ragionevoli dubbi (Reasonable Doubts, 2006), Le perfezioni provvisorie (Temporary Perfections, 2010, Premio Selezione Campiello) and La regola dell’equilibro (A fine line, 2014).

Among Carofiglio’s other fiction and nonfiction works: the novels Il passato è una terra straniera (The Past is a Foreign Country, 2004, Premio Bancarella 2005), which became an internationally acclaimed film directed by Daniele Vicari starring Michele Riondino and Elio Germano in 2008 (Knight Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor at the Miami Film Festival), Né qui né altrove. Una notte a Bari (Neither Here Nor Elsewhere. A Night in Bari, 2008), Il silenzio dell’onda (The Silence of the Wave, 2011, shortlisted at Premio Strega 2012), Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose (The Vertiginous Edge of Things, 2013), Una mutevole verità (A Changing Truth, 2014, Premio Scerbanenco), L’estate fredda (The Cold Summer, 2016).

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