title: Lorenzo Amurri
text: # Lorenzo Amurri
  
  Lorenzo Amurri (1971 – 12 July 2016) was an Italian writer and musician.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Amurri was born in Rome in 1971. He turned to writing after a skiing accident that left him a quadriplegic. His short stories appear in a collection titled Amore Caro. His first novel Apnea won the 2015 EU Prize for Literature.
  
  As a musician, Amurri worked with Italian artists such as Tiromancino and Franco Califano.
  
  