iv or ▁Senator ▁Lil iana ▁Seg re . ▁ ▁Author ▁As ▁an ▁author ▁Ser ra ▁has ▁published ▁the ▁book , ▁' G li ▁Italian i ▁Non ▁S ono ▁P ig ri ' ▁( Th ose ▁Laz y ▁Europe ans ). ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Italian ▁only . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁When ▁asked ▁by ▁IT AL Y ▁Magazine ▁about ▁her ▁book , ▁she ▁stated ▁that ▁she ▁wanted ▁to ▁study ▁European ▁s tere ot ypes ▁and ▁the ▁real ▁reason ▁why ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁s tere ot ypes ▁exist . ▁The ▁book ▁covered ▁the ▁s tere ot yp ical ▁view ▁by ▁some ▁that ▁Southern ▁European ▁countries ▁are ▁lazy . ▁Ser ra ▁comments ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁that ▁certain ▁soci eties ▁in ▁Europe ▁are ▁simply ▁less ▁efficient ▁than ▁others ▁and ▁studies ▁the ▁causes ▁of ▁this . ▁ ▁Ser ra ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁regular ▁writer ▁and ▁comment ator ▁for ▁the ▁H uff ington ▁Post . ▁ ▁Rec ogn ition ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁Ser ra ▁received ▁the ▁Kn ighth ood ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁Star ▁of ▁Italy . ▁She ▁received ▁the ▁kn ighth ood ▁for ▁raising ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁conditions ▁of ▁minor ities ▁through ▁her ▁journal ism ▁work . ▁▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Ser ra ▁was ▁recogn ised ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁Com ete ▁award ▁for ▁her ▁book ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁Ser ra ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁third ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁C ac cur i ▁Liter ary ▁Prize ▁with ▁the