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Claudio Chillemi
Born (1964-05-11) 11 May 1964 (age 62)
Catania, Italy
Occupationswriter, teacher
Writing career
Genresscience fiction, fantasy

Claudio Chillemi (born 11 May 1964) is an Italian writer, active mainly in science fiction and fantasy.[1] In speculative fiction he has received awards in several editions of the Premio Italia (the main award of Italy's science-fiction and fantasy fandom[2]) and the Premio Vegetti.[3][4] His short fiction has appeared in United States and French magazines, including The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, NewMyths, Black Cat Weekly and Galaxies.[5][6][7][8]

Biography

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Early work and theatre

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Chillemi was born in Catania in 1964 and is a teacher.[1] In 1988 he published the poetry collection La voce della memoria.[9] In 1992 he published the short-story collection C'è qualcuno là fuori? and collaborated with the amateur magazine Zap.[10] In 1994 he worked as a comics writer on Antehac 20.87 and Il tocco dell'innocenza.[10]

In the mid-1990s Chillemi began writing theatre texts for young readers and received recognition in the Teatro e Natura and Arte per la Pace competitions.[11] In 2000 he received the Premio Giovannino Guareschi for the short story L'ultima visita.[12] After the award, the story was published in the Gazzetta di Parma.[12] In 2003 he published the handbook Fare teatro a scuola.[13]

Fantasy and science fiction

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In 2004 Chillemi published the novel Federico piccolo grande re, devoted to the youth of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.[14] In 2010 the novel appeared in a new edition under the title Federico: la favolosa infanzia di un sovrano leggendario.[15] The series continued with L'aquila nera, L'isola di cristallo and La corona spezzata, historical-fantasy novels about the young Frederick II in a Sicily with magical and mythological elements.[1][11]

In 2009 Chillemi published the science-fiction novel Kronos, later republished by Delos Digital in 2026.[16][17] The novel has been described as a crime story with science-fiction elements, connected with the multinational corporation Kronos and with themes such as alternate history, parallel universes and time travel.[11] The cycle continued with Il lato oscuro della Kronos and Quel che resta della Kronos.[18][19] Quel che resta della Kronos won the Premio Italia and the Premio Vegetti in the science-fiction novel category.[3][4]

Between 2016 and 2021 he published the three short novels of the L'Immortalità cycle: Soluzione Omega, L'universo muto and I tre stati dell'acqua.[20] The cycle treats the theme of immortality in a science-fiction mode.[1] In 2022 his story Il Bloop was published in Mondadori's Urania Millemondi line.[3] In 2024 he published Katàne, a science-fiction crime novel set in a future Catania devastated by a geological catastrophe.[21][22][23]

International collaborations

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In 2014 Chillemi published, with Paul Di Filippo, the story The Via Panisperna Boys in "Operation Harmony" in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.[5] The story is an alternate history about Ettore Majorana.[1] The story Con gli occhi del nemico was published in French in Galaxies under the title Par les yeux de l'ennemi.[8] In 2023 the story The Keen and Cutting Stones, written with Di Filippo, appeared in NewMyths.[6] In 2024 Black Cat Weekly published Maximinus Thrax and the Gates of Chaos, also written with Di Filippo.[7] The stories written with Di Filippo were collected in Dieselpunk, published by Delos Digital in 2023; the collection combines science fiction, weird fiction, alternate history, dieselpunk and Sicilian settings.[24][25][26]

Fondazione SF Magazine and Aetnacon

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In 2012 Chillemi founded the association Fondazione Science Fiction in Catania with Antonino Di Mari, Enrico Di Stefano and Rosaria Leonardi.[27] The association has produced the fanzine Fondazione Science Fiction Magazine and organizes Aetnacon, described as the first Sicilian convention devoted to science fiction and fantasy.[27][28] Aetnacon reached its fifteenth edition in 2024.[29]

Reception

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In 2010 Pino Cottogni presented Kronos on Fantascienza.com as a novel that combines a police investigation with a science-fiction setting.[30] In 2023 Carmine Treanni, writing in Wired Italia, described Dieselpunk as a collection born from the collaboration between Chillemi and Paul Di Filippo and highlighted its relationship with the dieselpunk imagination and with its Sicilian setting.[26] In 2024 Carmelo Di Mauro presented Katàne in La Sicilia as an interweaving of investigative thriller, archaeology and a post-apocalyptic future.[23]

Awards and recognition

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Premio Giovannino Guareschi

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  • 2000 – Best short story on the "small world" theme for L'ultima visita.[12]

Premio Italia

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  • 2009 – Best story in an amateur publication for Guardia medica.[3]
  • 2010 – Best article in an amateur publication for Star Trek e lo scisma.[3]
  • 2011 – Best story in an amateur publication for Il lato oscuro della Kronos.[3]
  • 2015 – Best story in a professional publication for Né la prima né l'ultima volta.[3]
  • 2016 – Best science-fiction novel for Quel che resta della Kronos.[3]
  • 2016 – Best story in a professional publication for Con gli occhi del nemico.[3]
  • 2017 – Best story in a professional publication for Soluzione Omega.[3]
  • 2019 – Best story in an amateur publication for Il Grande Errore.[3]
  • 2022 – Best fantasy novel for L'aquila nera.[3]
  • 2023 – Best fantasy novel for L'isola di cristallo.[3][31]
  • 2023 – Best story in a professional publication for Il Bloop.[3][31]
  • 2024 – Best story in a professional publication for CiFlac.[3]
  • 2024 – Best article in an amateur publication for Il Fantastico Totò.[3]
  • 2025 – Best science-fiction novel for Katàne.[3]
  • 2025 – Best article in an amateur publication for The Fab Four - Il Fantastico Mondo dei Beatles.[3]

Premio Vegetti

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  • 2016 – Best science-fiction novel for Quel che resta della Kronos.[4]

Works

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Novels and short novels

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  • Federico piccolo grande re: La giovinezza del più grande sovrano del Medioevo tra storia e leggenda. Catania: L'almanacco. 2004. ISBN 9788888402178. ICCU CFI0655322. Reissued as: Federico: La favolosa infanzia di un sovrano leggendario. Cocktail no. 6. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. 2010. ISBN 9788862760690. ICCU VIA0204136.
  • Kronos. Fermenti no. 3. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. 2009. ISBN 9788862760225. ICCU MIL0786354. Reissued as: Kronos. Odissea Gold no. 17. Milan: Delos Digital. 2026. ISBN 9788825433920. ICCU RAV2218561.
  • Il lato oscuro della Kronos. Fermenti no. 9. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. 2011. ISBN 9788862760744. ICCU MIL0815199. Reissued as: Il lato oscuro della Kronos. Odissea Fantascienza no. 72. Milan: Delos Digital. 2019. ISBN 9788825409529.
  • Quel che resta della Kronos. Fermenti. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. 2015. ISBN 9788862761420. ICCU MIL0919820. Reissued as: Quel che resta della Kronos. Odissea Fantascienza no. 74. Milan: Delos Digital. 2019. ISBN 9788825409895.
  • Soluzione Omega. Robotica.it no. 40. Milan: Delos Digital. 2016. ISBN 9788825400526.
  • L'universo muto. Robotica.it no. 68. Milan: Delos Digital. 2019. ISBN 9788825410457.
  • L'aquila nera. Convoy no. 81. Milan: Delos Digital. 2021. ISBN 9788825416596. ICCU BVE0907456.
  • I tre stati dell'acqua. Robotica.it no. 80. Milan: Delos Digital. 2021. ISBN 9788825416688.
  • L'isola di cristallo. Convoy no. 92. Milan: Delos Digital. 2022. ISBN 9788825422436. ICCU MIL1077093.
  • Katàne. Odissea Fantascienza no. 159. Milan: Delos Digital. 2024. ISBN 9788825430332. ICCU BVE0982948.
  • La corona spezzata. Odissea Fantasy no. 2. Milan: Delos Digital. 2026. ISBN 9788825435719.

Collections and short fiction

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  • C'è qualcuno là fuori?. CDE. 1992.
  • "L'ultima visita". Gazzetta di Parma (in Italian). 2000.
  • "Guardia medica". Fondazione SF Magazine (in Italian). No. 14. 2008.
  • "Il Grande Errore". I sogni di Cartesio (in Italian). Edizioni della Vigna. 2013.
  • Chillemi, Claudio; Di Filippo, Paul (January–February 2014). "The Via Panisperna Boys in "Operation Harmony"". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
  • Né la prima né l'ultima volta. Robotica.it no. 12. Milan: Delos Digital. 2014. ISBN 9788867756025.
  • Con gli occhi del nemico. Robotica.it no. 19. Milan: Delos Digital. 2015. ISBN 9788867758081.
  • Chillemi, Claudio; Di Filippo, Paul (2015). "The Horror at Gancio Rosso". Acheron Books.
  • "Carne gialla". Operazione Europa (in Italian). Elara. 2016.
  • "Par les yeux de l'ennemi". Galaxies (in French). No. 44. 2016.
  • "Il buco in fronte". Robot (in Italian). No. 80. Delos Books. 2017.
  • Carne gialla. Robotica.it no. 49. Milan: Delos Digital. 2017. ISBN 9788825404036.
  • "Il Grande Errore". Fondazione SF (in Italian). 2018.
  • "Il Quarto Livello". Delos Science Fiction (in Italian). No. 217. Delos Books. 2020.
  • "Il Grande Errore". Mondi paralleli (in Italian). Delos Digital. 2020.
  • "Dove le strade non hanno nome. Dove le persone non hanno volto". Delos Science Fiction (in Italian). No. 226. Delos Books. 2021.
  • Dissolvenza in Corpo 15. Innsmouth no. 49. Milan: Delos Digital. 2021. ISBN 9788825417456.
  • Diario clandestino di una invasione aliena. Robotica.it no. 86. Milan: Delos Digital. 2022. ISBN 9788825420333.
  • "Il Bloop". Urania Millemondi (in Italian). No. 93. July 2022.
  • Chillemi, Claudio; Di Filippo, Paul (2023). "The Keen and Cutting Stones". NewMyths. Vol. 17, no. 63.
  • Di Filippo, Paul; Chillemi, Claudio (2023). Dieselpunk. Odissea Fantascienza no. 138. Translated by Salvatore Deodato. Milan: Delos Digital. ISBN 9788825425765. ICCU MIL1101706.
  • Di Filippo, Paul; Chillemi, Claudio (2024). "Maximinus Thrax and the Gates of Chaos". Black Cat Weekly. No. 154.

Essays

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  • Fare teatro a scuola: Manuale per la realizzazione di un laboratorio teatrale. Catania: L'almanacco. 2003. ICCU PAL0207648.
  • "Star Trek e lo scisma". Fondazione SF Magazine (in Italian). No. 15. 2009.

Poetry

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  • La voce della memoria. Ragusa: Cultura Duemila. 1988. ICCU CFI0139778.

Comics

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  • Antehac 20.87. Omega Press. 1994.
  • Il tocco dell'innocenza. Omega Press. 1994.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Stefanelli, Salvatore (28 September 2025). "Intervista a Claudio Chillemi". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Premio Italia, come e perché votare, spiegato". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Albo d'oro del Premio Italia". Premio Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Le Edizioni del Premio Vegetti" (in Italian). Associazione World SF Italia. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "January/February 2014". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "The Keen and Cutting Stones". NewMyths. Vol. 17, no. 63. 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Black Cat Weekly #154". Black Cat Weekly. 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Claudio Chillemi". BDFI (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (1988). La voce della memoria. Ragusa: Cultura Duemila. ICCU CFI0139778.
  10. 1 2 "AAA supereroi italici cercansi". Limes (in Italian). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 "Nuova edizione per Kronos, il romanzo che ha lanciato Claudio Chillemi". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). 24 February 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Premio Giovannino Guareschi, edizione 2000" (in Italian). Club dei Ventitré. 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2003). Fare teatro a scuola: Manuale per la realizzazione di un laboratorio teatrale. Catania: L'almanacco. ICCU PAL0207648.
  14. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2004). Federico piccolo grande re: La giovinezza del più grande sovrano del Medioevo tra storia e leggenda. Catania: L'almanacco. ISBN 9788888402178. ICCU CFI0655322.
  15. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2010). Federico: La favolosa infanzia di un sovrano leggendario. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. ISBN 9788862760690. ICCU VIA0204136.
  16. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2009). Kronos. Fermenti no. 3. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. ISBN 9788862760225. ICCU MIL0786354.
  17. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2026). Kronos. Odissea Gold no. 17. Milan: Delos Digital. ISBN 9788825433920. ICCU RAV2218561.
  18. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2011). Il lato oscuro della Kronos. Fermenti no. 9. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. ISBN 9788862760744. ICCU MIL0815199.
  19. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2015). Quel che resta della Kronos. Fermenti. Arese: Edizioni della Vigna. ISBN 9788862761420. ICCU MIL0919820.
  20. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Claudio Chillemi". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Chillemi, Claudio (2024). Katàne. Odissea Fantascienza no. 159. Milan: Delos Digital. ISBN 9788825430332. ICCU BVE0982948.
  22. ↑ "Katàne, il nuovo romanzo di Claudio Chillemi". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). 1 October 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  23. 1 2 Di Mauro, Carmelo (29 October 2024). "Catania, l'archeologia e il futuro". La Sicilia (in Italian). p. 16.
  24. ↑ Di Filippo, Paul; Chillemi, Claudio (2023). Dieselpunk. Odissea Fantascienza no. 138. Translated by Salvatore Deodato. Milan: Delos Digital. ISBN 9788825425765. ICCU MIL1101706.
  25. ↑ "Dieselpunk, un ponte tra Catania e Providence". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  26. 1 2 Treanni, Carmine (12 October 2023). "Dieselpunk, la retrofantascienza tecnologica di Paul Di Filippo e Claudio Chillemi". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  27. 1 2 "Organizzatori". Aetnacon (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  28. ↑ "Aetnacon" (in Italian). University of Catania. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "Aetnacon" (in Italian). University of Catania. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  30. ↑ Cottogni, Pino (5 January 2010). "Un cronovirus minaccia il mondo". Fantascienza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  31. 1 2 Di Mauro, Carmelo (27 December 2023). "Chillemi "conquista" il Premio Italia". La Sicilia (in Italian). p. 13.
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