Beatrice Monroy

Beatrice Monroy was born and lives in Palermo, having spent many years in various Italian cities and abroad in France and the United States.

In 2012 her book Niente ci fu ('There was nothing') was published,[5][6][7] dedicated to the life of rape survivor Franca Viola, who rebelled against forced marriage in Sicily.

[8] Franca Viola, interviewed by Concita De Gregorio, told her truth about this sequence of events in her life.

[9] Monroy's novel Oltre il vasto oceano: memoria parziale di bambina (Beyond the vast ocean: A girl's partial memory)[10][11][12][13][14] was nominated for the Strega Prize in 2014,[15][16] and it won the 2014 Kaos Prize.

She teaches dramaturgy at the School of Arts and Theatrical Performance Trades at the Biondo Theater Company of Palermo directed by Emma Dante.