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Luca Doninelli was born in Leno (Brescia) in 1956. In 1978 he got to know Giovanni Testori, his maestro. Among his narrative works: I due fratelli (1990), La revoca (1992, Premio Selezione Campiello), Le decorose memorie (1994), Talk show (1996), La nuova era (1999, finalist Premio Strega), Tornavamo dal mare (2004), La polvere di Allah (2006), Fa’ che questa strada non finisca mai (2014). Among the essays: Il crollo delle aspettative (2005), Cattedrali (2011) e Salviamo Firenze (2012). In 2015 Bompiani editor edited his most important book, Le cose semplici, on which he worked for several years, and which is among the winners of the Prize Selezione Campiello 2016. In September 2017 La Nave di Teseo editor edited a collection of tales La conoscenza di sé. In 2018 La Nave di Teseo editor printed also the autobiographic essay Una gratitudine senza debiti, dedicated to Giovanni Testori.