Rina Brundu
Encyclopedia
Rina Brundu is an Italian writer, the author
of the novel Tana di Volpe featuring the Sardinia
n detective
Don Osvaldo Da Silva Ochoa.
She was born in Villagrande Strisaili
in the Sardinian Province of Ogliastra
. After graduating in Modern Languages and Literature, she moved to Ireland where she still lives and works.
Creator of the Sardinian detective Don Osvaldo Da Silva Ochoa, she published her first short-story The wake in a Sardinian magazine when still at University. Tana di Volpe (Fox Den, 2003) is her first novel. In May 2006, she edited Isole, Scritture Letterarie, Momenti d'Ogliastra, the first anthology of the new Ogliastra Province which contains the works of several well-known linguists, journalists and writers as well as many of her own articles. In July 2006, she won the AVANT GARDEN LITERARY PRIZE with her short-story Sirbone. A writer with a strong interest in journalism, her works have been published in the national weekly magazine Diario, as well as in many literary magazines and websites.
Rina Brundu manages two Italian national literary prizes:
Premio Letterario per Narrativa Inedita Gennargentu and
The Hidden Clue Award - Italian Crime Writer of the Year
as well as two literary online magazines:
Terza Pagina World and
Giallografia(for crime fiction)
Rina Brundu is the author of a modern update of the Twenty Rules for Writing a detective novel by S. S. Van Dine. This essay has been published by several magazine in different countries and was translated in many languages.
Related links:
Rina Brundu's Biography
(in Italian)
Author
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of the novel Tana di Volpe featuring the Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
n detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
Don Osvaldo Da Silva Ochoa.
She was born in Villagrande Strisaili
Villagrande Strisaili
Villagrande Strisaili is a comune in the Province of Ogliastra in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km northeast of Cagliari and about 18 km northwest of Tortolì...
in the Sardinian Province of Ogliastra
Province of Ogliastra
Ogliastra is a province in eastern Sardinia, Italy. Ogliastra is the most mountainous province in Sardinia. With only some 58,000 inhabitants, it is also the least populous province of Italy. It corresponds roughly to the medieval Giudicato of Agugliastra...
. After graduating in Modern Languages and Literature, she moved to Ireland where she still lives and works.
Creator of the Sardinian detective Don Osvaldo Da Silva Ochoa, she published her first short-story The wake in a Sardinian magazine when still at University. Tana di Volpe (Fox Den, 2003) is her first novel. In May 2006, she edited Isole, Scritture Letterarie, Momenti d'Ogliastra, the first anthology of the new Ogliastra Province which contains the works of several well-known linguists, journalists and writers as well as many of her own articles. In July 2006, she won the AVANT GARDEN LITERARY PRIZE with her short-story Sirbone. A writer with a strong interest in journalism, her works have been published in the national weekly magazine Diario, as well as in many literary magazines and websites.
Rina Brundu manages two Italian national literary prizes:
Premio Letterario per Narrativa Inedita Gennargentu and
The Hidden Clue Award - Italian Crime Writer of the Year
as well as two literary online magazines:
Terza Pagina World and
Giallografia(for crime fiction)
Rina Brundu is the author of a modern update of the Twenty Rules for Writing a detective novel by S. S. Van Dine. This essay has been published by several magazine in different countries and was translated in many languages.
Related links:
Rina Brundu's Biography
(in Italian)