writer

Sandra Manzella teaches English language. Her frequent travels to the Near East are part of ongoing historical and sociological exploration. In her hometown of Mantua, she is an active member of Agorà delle Religioni, an association devoted to the promotion of inter-faith dialogue, a goal she pursues through articles, educational activities and interviews. She has published three nonfiction books in Italian about her experiences in Jerusalem and the leprosary of Cairo, and a collection of short stories. Her short fiction has featured in several Italian anthologies, and her writing appears on “SettimanaNews”, an Italian language magazine focused on current affairs and religious information.

WORKS:
NONFICTION
Gerusalemme, viaggio al centro del mondo, Unicopli 2018 (Jerusalem, a journey to the center of the world, Unicopli 2018)
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L’Oasi delle Rose, il lebbrosario del Cairo, Dehoniane, 2020 (The Oasis of Roses, the leper colony of Cairo, Dehoniane 2020)
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Gerusalemme ancora (Oligo Editore 2024) (Jerusalem again, Oligo Editore 2024)

FICTION
Orizzonti in Verticale, CN Edizioni, 2023 (Vertical Horizons, CN Edizioni 2023)
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Italian anthologies: Quaderni del Caffè Letterario (Il Rio 2018-2019-2020-2021), Racconti, vol.1 (Historica Edizioni 2018), Per un pugno di storie (Perrone Edizioni 2021 – Velletri Prize