Writer Gesuino Némus, born Matteo Locci, renowned for breaking the rules of traditional detective fiction, will be one of the protagonists of the main events of the PLICS Poetic Workshop, the "City of Sassari" International Literary Prize , scheduled in Sassari on March 20th and 21st. Among the great Italian detective novelists of the last 30 years, Némus will receive the special lifetime achievement award during the meeting with the author scheduled for Friday, March 20th at 7 pm at the Teatro Civico in Sassari.

"Matteo Némus is one of the most talented, brilliant, and authentic authors of recent years," explains Leonardo Onida , creator and director of PLICS. "He is capable of inventing a narrative language and style that cannot be replicated, but which many after him have followed, taking the same path. He is another case of Nemo profeta in patria."

Beloved in France and translated like few others in Germany, he has won several important Italian literary awards, including the Premio Campiello Opera Prima in 2016 and the Premio Bancarella (selection 2016) for his debut novel, "La teologia del cinghiale." His style is original and his language truly eclectic, blending Logudorese Sardinian, Ogliastran, refined Italian, Latin, and slang terms, with a narrative that is never linear, a labyrinth of flashbacks, philosophical digressions, and local anecdotes.

The award ceremony will be enlivened by readings and musical interludes featuring Maria Antonietta Ruiu, Stefano Resmini, Leonardo Onida, Fiametta Moretti, and Giovanni Sanna Passino.

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