GIANNA OLINDA CADONAU (*1983 in India) grew up in Engadin, studied International Relations in Geneva and Cultural Management in Winterthur. She is responsible for promoting culture at the Lia Rumantscha. She writes poetry and prose in Romansh and German. So far, she has published two volumes of poetry. "Fire Lily” is her first novel. Gianna Olinda Cadonau lives in Chur.