birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
bari , italy 1973 nicola lagioia
 nicola lagioia writer
nicola lagioia

nicola lagioia -lrb- born in 1973 -rrb- is an italian writer .
born in bari , lagioia debuted as a novelist in 2001 with `` tre sistemi per sbarazzarsi di tolstoj -lrb- senza risparmiare se stessi -rrb- '' .
with his novel `` riportando tutto a casa '' he won several awards , including the 2010 viareggio prize .
in 2013 and in 2014 he was among the film selectors of the venice international venice film festival .
in 2015 he won the strega prize with the novel `` la ferocia '' -lrb- aka '' `` the ferocity '' '' -rrb- .
