Milena Debenedetti
Milena Debenedetti (1957- ) is a Italian chemist. Born in the region of Liguria, she holds a degree in
Chemistry, and worked for almost two decades in a multinational corporation, developing new products and patents.
Of her work she says, ÃÂÃÂQuoting Roy Batty, I might say: I saw things that you humansÃÂÃÂ
... Splits, fusions, acquisitions, business transfers, spin-off, management buy-out, finance holdings. Nothing was spared to me of triumphal liberismÃÂÃÂ.
Later she has been a Union spokeperson, a position which she left ÃÂÃÂhoping to devote my energies to something elseÃÂÃÂ.
She published a number of short stories on anthologies by Keltia editions, in ÃÂëDelosÃÂû, on various on-line and off-line fanzines, and in the two anthologies Mondi di Delos 1& 2.
In 1996 she won the fantasy section of the Premio Courmayeur, in 1999 she won the Premio Cristalli Sognanti. She was often a runner-up and a special selection author for the Lovecraft Award and the Alien Award.