Vincenzo Latronico

Vincenzo Latronico is an Italian writer and translator who lives in Milan. His novel Perfection, translated into English by Sophie Hughes, was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
Dreamlike nineteenth-century French lithograph of a woman resting her head on her hands
Objects of Desire

A Night’s Sleep

An insomniac’s lifelong pursuit
Vincenzo Latronico
March 16, 2026