Livia Manera Sambuy
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Livia Manera Sambuy (born 1958) is an Italian author and journalist. She is the author of In Search of Amrit Kaur (2023).[1]
Career
[edit]A cultural reporter and critic, Manera has been a staff writer for the Italian national newspapers, Corriere della Sera, and its literary supplement La Lettura since 2000.[2]
Her writings also appeared in The Believer,[3] The Paris Review,[4] and The New Yorker.[5]
Documentary Films
[edit]Manera co-authored with French film director William Karel the documentary film Philip Roth sans complexe (2011).[6] “Facing the camera, without ever hearing the voice of the Italian journalist, who managed the feat of extracting eight hours of interview from him, reduced to 53 minutes, the godfather of American literature looks back on his life and a literary career spanning more than half a century."[7]
She also wrote and co-directed with Karel Philip Roth: Unmasked (2013).[8] “Mr. Karel and Ms. Manera spent 10 days in his company, in New York and at his house in western Connecticut, and succeeded in putting him at ease. He is, for 90 minutes, marvelous company — expansive, funny, generous and candid.”[9]
Books
[edit]Manera's book, Non Scrivere di Me (2015) is work of literary nonfiction that blends memoir with the profiles of eight North American writers. "I forbid you to write about me, intimates Philip Roth. For Livia Manera it should sound like a prohibition, but it is in fact an instigation to break down the barrier that divides human understanding and literary invention, it is a stimulus to activate the memory of self and the memory left by the many readings and key words that have opened the door to a territory where life and literature mingle (...) It is thus that the figures of Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Paula Fox, Judith Thurman, David Foster Wallace, Joseph Mitchell, Mavis Gallant, and James Purdy come to us, with a new transparency, but also, against the light, those of Raymond Carver, Mordecai Richler, and Karen Blixen."[10] Non Scrivere di Me won the 2016 University of Camerino Special Award (UNICAM).[11][12]It was followed by In Search of Amrit Kaur (2023), which won the 2023 Capalbio International Award for Narrative Nonfiction.[13]The book tells the story of a quest: an investigative journey to uncover the truth behind a Sikh princess’ secret life in Paris during World War II, that, unexpectedly, becomes a journey of self-discovery as well.[14][15][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Record S93C5728323". San Francisco Public Library. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Archivio Corriere della Sera". archivio.corriere.it. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "You'll Never Write About Me Again". Believer Magazine. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Sambuy, Livia Manera (2014-03-14). ""I've Lived Very Freely"". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Manera, Livia (2012-06-27). "Au Revoir, Village Voice Bookshop!". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "PHILIP ROTH – Cinétévé". cineteve.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Philip Roth, sans complexe sur Arte". TV Magazine (in French). 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ McNamara, Tom (2013-01-01). "Philip Roth ~ Film Comment: Livia Manera, Co-Writer & Co-Director | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Philip Roth Unmasked at Film Forum". New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Non Scrivere di Me". Feltrinelli. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Censi, Gabriele (2016-09-25). "Michela Murgia vince il premio "Maria Teresa Di Lascia"". Cronache Maceratesi (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Archivio Corriere". Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Redazione (2023-07-27). "XII Premio internazionale Capalbio Piazza Magenta: ecco i vincitori dell'edizione 2023". Grosseto Notizie (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "In Search of Amrit Kaur". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Princess - Amrit Kaur - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
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