Igiaba Scego

Igiaba Scego is an Italian writer (Rome, 1974), of Somali origin.

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Biography

After a graduate in Foreign Literature at the Sapienza Università inRome, she obtained her PhD in pedagogy at the University Roma Tre andat the present, she is working on writing, journalism and research onthe dialogue between cultures and the migration question.

Works

She collaborates with many magazines that deal with migrant literature"Carta", "El-Ghibli" and "Migra". Her works, not devoid of autobiographical references, are characterized by the delicate balance between her two cultural realities, the Italian and Somalian.Her definition of herself, "Somalian origin, Italian vocation",returns significantly this duplicity.In 2003, she won the Eks & Tra prize for migrants writers with herstory "Salsicce" and published her debut novel, "La nomade che amavaAlfred Hitchcock". In 2006 she attends the [http://www.festivaletteratura.it Literature festival in Mantua] .

She collaborates with newspapers La Repubblica and Il manifesto and also for the magazine [http://www.nigrizia.it Nigrizia] with a column of news and reflection, "The colors of Eve".In 2007 she edits the short stories collection, along with Ingy Mubiayi, "Quando nasci è una roulette. Giovani figli di migranti si raccontano". The story of seven boys and girls of African origin, born in Romeby foreign parents (or arrived in Italy when they were young) : theschool, the relationship with the family and with peers, the religion,the racism in Italy and their dreams.

Bibliography

* La nomade che amava Alfred Hitchcock, Roma, edizioni Sinnos, 2003.
* Rhoda, Roma, edizioni Sinnos, 2004.
* Pecore nere. Racconti insieme a Gabriela Kuruvilla e Ingy Mubiayi, Roma, edizioni Laterza, 2005.
* Quando nasci è una roulette. Giovani figli di migranti si raccontano, edizioni Terre di Mezzo, 2007.

External links

*http://www.http://www.festivaletteratura.it/2006/schedaautore2006.php?autid=1425
*http://www.el-ghibli.provincia.bologna.it
*http://www.palgrave-journals.com/fr/journal/v87/n1/full/9400363a.html