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Davide Enia was born in 1974 in Palermo, Italy. He has written, directed, and performed in plays for the stage and for radio. Enia has been honored with the Ubu Prize, the Tondelli Award, and the ETI Award, Italy's three most prestigious theater prizes. He lives and cooks in Rome. Antony Shugaaris a writer and translator. His recent translations includeKill the FatherandKill the Angelby Sandrone Dazieri,The Catholic Schoolby Edoardo Albinati,Everything Is Broken Up and Dancesby Edoardo Nesi and Guido Maria Brera, andNotes on a Shipwreckby Davide Enia.
Subtle meditation and devastating detail combine in this journalistic memoir...A potent narrative that builds from matter-of-fact observation through horrific experience toward a metaphysical acceptance that is something like a state of grace. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for On Earth as It Is in Heaven Enia, a playwright, is as adept at capturing the chaotic vibe of his native city...as he is at depicting the quick, furious violence of the boxing ring and the casual brutalities of boyhood. --New York Times Book Review A gripping multigenerational saga...in Shugaar's nimble translation, the disparate themes and story lines come together naturally...challenging and intensely emotional. --Booklist Remarkable...Enia writes with passion and, though his savage subject matter rarely permits it, humor...He gives his readers a fully realized world. --New Criterion
