Giorgio Ferretti is an author and editor based in Leipzig. He studied literature and cultural studies in Italy and Germany and literary writing at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. He is currently editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Edit.
In 2022 he won the exil-Dramatiker*innenpreis with his play “America”, which premiered at Schauspiel Leipzig in September 2023. In the same year he received the SchreibZeit-scholarship of the foundation Niedersachsen, the Wortmeldungen Förderpreis and won a scholarship at the 25th Klagenfurter Literature Course. In 2024, he received the Styria Artist-in-Residence Scholarship in Graz and the Villa Decius Scholarship in Krakow, Poland.
His prose, poetry, essays and drama have been published in various magazines, including Akzente, BELLA triste, PS Politisch Schreiben, Jenny, and Das Narr.
Since 2021, he has given various readings and moderated events, including PROSANOVA, Leipzig liest, auftakt festival, and the 24th poesiefestival berlin.
2025 he wrote a part for the 20 years of WIENER WORTSTAETTEN anniversary production House of Words.
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