Sandro Veronesi

Italian novelist; author of Caos calmo and Settembre nero. Winner of the Premio Strega (2006, 2020).

Born in Florence, Italy (1959). Winner of the Premio Strega for Caos calmo (2006) and Il colibrì (2020).

The review praises Settembre nero as a coming-of-age novel that reads like the end of childhood, written with fluid, concise prose. The protagonist Gigio Bellandi is rendered realistically through small details: music, family dynamics, and first love. The narrative voice feels retrospective, with an understated, hypnotic syntax that leads to a quietly traumatic conclusion.

For:Readers of literary coming-of-age novels and contemporary Italian fiction