“Writing is a soul scalpel”

Antonella Boralevi was born in Florence. She is the author of novels, short stories and essays, a professional journalist, columnist, writer and host of TV talk shows, originator of TV formats, sole creator and author of content for her own website, cinema scriptwriter, conference and roundtable moderator, and a developer of cultural events.
On March 1, 2010, she will take office as Expert for Communication and Culture at the Italian Embassy in Paris.
She graduated in History of the Italian Language and Philosophy of Language, and went on to work as a researcher at the Accademia della Crusca and then at the Scuola Normale in Pisa. She pursued an academic career until 1989.

Books
Antonella Boralevi is a very well known ,reputed and loved italian novelist.
She jas published 20 Books: novels, stories and essays.
The ultimate Novel  has been in the Top 20 List for 5 months.
“The Girl in the dark” is a thriller on relationships.
It is set up in between the Past and Today.
Girl in the dark is an page-turner, a five star psychological thriller set in Venice and populated by a cast of characters you will love to hate.  Reprinted four times, over 11,000 copies have been sold in the first month since publication.
Venice, 1985: A private party is being thrown to celebrate the 20th year anniversary of  Paolo and Manuela, nouveau rich outsiders to Venice’s high society. There is dancing, flirting, gossiping and fountains of Champaign filled by white-gloved waiters. But by the time the party is over the couple’s beloved eleven year old daughter has disappeared in thin air. Her body was never found.
Thirty years later, Emma Thorpe, an English woman with a secret is living comfortably with Count Bonaccorso Briani in his splendid apartment along the Canale Grande. It soon becomes clear to Emma that Briani is hiding at least one secret; his sinister calls make her uncomfortable. In a small city like Venice, it doesn’t take long before she confides in the new Police commissioner, a sexy Sicilian with a bad reputation.
Together they dig into the Count’s sordid secret past, and his involvement in a horrible and unsolved tragedy that took place over 30 years ago.
A decadent Venice, a family secret, a mystery in the dark.
Antonella Boralevi explores the black abyss of the soul. This is the novel of a great narrator who takes us into the most profound depths of human darkness.

Boralevi collection novels 
The italian Publisher Baldini+ Castoldi has launched the Boralevi Collection Novels in order to answer the Readers request.
The Second Title is the novel “Before the wind blows”, the sold out first novel of Antonella Boralevi.

“Byron, the dog who taught to me the joy of life”, Mondadori Publishing.
It is on sale from 2016 October 4th. The great idea is to talk about the emotions and feelings which are the main content of our life, by the lessons a dog, called Byron, gave to the author.
Diary of the soul, this small exciting moving brilliant book is really funny and helpful.
On April 2016 has been published by ELECTA the Iconic Special Edition Art Book “ESSERE PARMA” in english and italian.
The accidental music is an english written Novel by Antonella Boralevi.  This novel has been created under commission by Antonella Boralevi, in order to celebrate the Centenary of the Parfum “Acqua di Parma” owned by the LMVH Group.
The story is settled in between nowadays and 1840 in Parma, crossing love and destiny of the Parma Dutchess Maria Luigia and her husband with a couple of american girl and italian engineer.

In 2014 the novel “The Inn of Missed Opportunities”, a novel about coping with the past to gain your future, settled in Paris, edited by Rizzoli has been a great success and an international best-seller, published by Bertelsmann in Germany and by Shogakukan in Japan.

In 2013, “THE ONE NIGHT’S KISSES”, settled in Cortina d’Ampezzo, a love story between a rich bored and spoiled young man and a poor briliant girl, edited by Rizzoli, has got in the first 10 days 2 new editions and it is still asked by readers.
It is the intense and touching story of an extraordinary strong, impossible passion which rises during the only Night of the Year’s Eve 2012, between two young 20 years old girl and boy, born in opposite world. Rich and power, pure and cinic. This passion explodes and crashed the social difference, but would change their lives for ever.
As a cultural essayist, several of her works have been published by Mondadori, including:
• “Far salotto” (Mondadori, 1985), a study of the rampant Italy of the 1980s;
• “Così fan tutti” (Mondadori, 1987), dealing with family relationships;
• “Facce di Bronzo” (Mondadori, 1989), on the management of power in Italy in the 1990s;
• “Nel cuore degli uomini” (Mondadori, 1995), on the new male sensitivity; and
• “Capri” (Il Mulino, 2001).
• “Capri Histoire d’un mythe” has been published in France by Arléa, in 2009 .
• “Capri “ is a passionating and creative essay on Capri myth.

As a storyteller and novelist, Antonella Boralevi has had the following short story collections published by Mondadori:
• “Il segreto” (1997),
• “Linee d’ombra” (1998),
• “Nel cuore delle donne” (2002).

Under commission of Zegna Group, Antonella Boralevi has written the shorts stories
• “Bianco Avorio” by Hever (2005)

All her novels are published by Rizzoli:
• “Prima che il vento” (2005)
• “Il lato luminoso” (2007) (settled in Manhattan)
• “Una vita in più” (2010) (settled in Manhattan and Rome)
• “I baci di una notte” (2013)
• “La locanda delle Occasioni perdute) (2014)

For Bompiani, Antonella Boralevi has written in 2015 “Men and the Love” a brilliant essay on the new male and his feelings about emotions and care.

Journalism
Starting in 1984, she conducted major interviews for VOGUE ITALIA, moving on to PANORAMA in 1985. Over time, she has also written columns and features for various daily, weekly and monthly publications (including AD, GIOIA, MARIE CLAIRE, LA NAZIONE, IL RESTO DEL CARLINO, FIRMA, DOMUS, ULISSE 2000, MAX, GENTE VIAGGI, IMAGO, and QUADERNI DI TEATRO). Since 1987, she has been a front-page writer at IL MESSAGGERO,the mayon daily paper of Rome and one of the most important of Italy. Since 1995, she has been a lead writer at DONNA MODERNA. She is also a frequent guest commentator on major television talk shows.
She writes her opinions on LA STAMPA and holds the column “Lato Boralevi” on the website lastampa.it. She writes about travels and people on GRAZIA.

Radio work
She has written cultural programs for RADIODUE (including “Le grandi scrittrici”), and in 2009, she presented the cultural feature “LA MEZZANOTTE”.

Television work
She has written, directed and presented as anchor woman with great success cultural talk shows and major interviews for the RAI network, (RAI UNO, RAI DUE, RAI TRE), MEDIASET (RETEQUATTRO), and LA7, including:
”La penisola del Tesoro” (1993) for RAIUNO on cultural heritage;
“Vissi d’arte” (2003) for RAIUNO, consisting of conversations with key personalities from the Teatro alla Scala;
The face-to-face programs “Uomini” (1994, 1995, 1996, 2009), interviewing on private emotions the leading country personalities;
“Bianco e nero” (1996), for RAIDUE, interviews face to face to Great Stars of Show Business;
”Linee d’ombra”, for RETEQUATTRO (1997, 1998, 1999), a talk show with protagonists of the news;
“Capitani Coraggiosi” (2009) for LA7, a talk show consisting in face-to-face interviews to protagonists of Politics, Art, Show and Fashion.

Television as OPINION LEADER
Antonella Boralevi is asked to partecipate to the leading political and news talk shows for Rai Uno, Rai Due, Canale 5, La 7, Sky TG24.

Web content
Since February 2001, on VIRGILIO, the leading Italian internet portal, she has been the sole owner and author of the website “Con gli occhi delle donne” at www.antonellaboralevi.it, featuring contributions to web talk shows, forums, advice, and discussions, and visited by nearly one million unique visitors per month.
She holds a blog, www.boralevitime.it

Screenplays
She has written three screenplays for the RAI network, based on her short stories published in the collection “IL SEGRETO”. She is currently working together with other writers on the screenplay for a film adaptation of her novel “Prima che il vento”.

Diplomatic role
Antonella Boralevi has been appointed as Diplomat at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs of Italy.She has been Advisor for the Italian Image and Culture Communication at the Paris Embassy of Italy from 2010 till 2012. Then, she has been asked to join the Cultural Department of Prime Minister Secretary Office in 2013 for developing a Project for Italian language. Now she is Special Advisor to the President for the promotion of Cultural aAfairs at the Italian trade Agency in Rome.