Carlo Silini, 1965 - Swiss Press Award

Carlo Silini

1965

Member of the Jury Swiss Press Local

Carlo Silini was born in Mendrisio in 1965, graduated in theology from Fribourg in 1989, is married and has a son. Since 2023, he has been editor of Azione, the cultural weekly of Migros Ticino. Previously, he was a columnist and editor-in-chief at Corriere del Ticino. In 1999, he co-wrote the essay "Dal Mille al futuro" (From One Thousand to the Future), published by San Giorgio, with Giovanni Vigo. In 2005, he won the "Swiss Journalist of the Year" award from the Schweizer Journalist magazine. In 2015, he won the Swiss Press Award (Print category). In 2017, he won again in the "Local" category. He made his debut as a writer in 2015 with the historical thriller "Il ladro di ragazze" (The Thief of Girls, published by Gabriele Capelli). His second novel, "Latte e sangue," was published by Gabriele Capelli in 2019, and his third, "Le ammailatrici," was published in 2021. In 2020, he published the ebook "Minimum Dictionary of the Coronavirus: Behind the Words of the Contagion." And in 2024, he published "Forgotten Stories: For a Secret Geography of Ticino," published by San Giorgio.

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