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Years: 2012

Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks studied at Cambridge and Harvard and now lives in Italy. Author of bestselling books on Italy, plus a dozen novels, including the Booker short-listed Europa, he has translated works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso and Machiavelli. He runs a post-graduate degree course in translation at IULM University, Milan. His non-fiction works include, Translating Style, Medici Money, and, most recently, Teach Us to Sit Still, described by David Lodge as: “A darkly comic self-examination of the connections between writing, personality and health.”

Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks studied at Cambridge and Harvard and now lives in Italy. Author of bestselling books on Italy, plus a dozen novels, including the Booker short-listed Europa, he has translated works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso and Machiavelli. He runs a post-graduate degree course in translation at IULM University, Milan. His non-fiction works include, Translating Style, Medici Money, and, most recently, Teach Us to Sit Still, described by David Lodge as: “A darkly comic self-examination of the connections between writing, personality and health.”

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