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May 29, 2021 The writer Paolo Maurensig died. Born in Gorizia in 1943, he had been ill for some time.
Success came in the 90s with "The Luneburg variant", a novel that tells of a game between two chess masters through the historical events of the Second World War. The latest work is 'Theory of Shadows', again focused on the world of chess.
After completing his classical studies, Maurensig moved to Milan, where he began to work in the field of publishing.
'' The variant of Luneburg '' (Adelphi), published in 1993, has been translated all over the world and has sold 300 thousand copies in Italy alone. In 2007 a theatrical transposition of the novel made its debut at the Verdi theater in Gorizia, with the voice of Milva.
In 1996 Maurensig's success was confirmed with '' Canone inverso '' (Mondadori), which sold around 200,000 copies in Italy and from which the eponymous film by Ricky Tognazzi was based.
Among the various awards obtained by the writer, in 2016, the awarding of the Cortina d'Ampezzo Award, for his 'Theory of shadows' (Adelphi).