Niccolò Ammaniti

Niccolò Ammaniti

Niccolò Ammaniti (Italian pronunciation: [nikkoˈlɔ ammaˈniːti]; born 25 September 1966) is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega on 2007 for As God Commands (also published under the title The Crossroads).

He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura),[1] a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

Biography

Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome and studied Biologic Sciences without ever getting a degree.[2] His first novel, named Branchie, was published by Ediesse in 1994, before its credits were bought by Einaudi in 1997.[3] Allegedly, it was stemming from an adaption of his never completed dissertation.[4][2] In 1999, Branchie was translated into a movie with the same title.[5] In 1995 Ammaniti published, together with his father Massimo, the essay Nel nome del figlio.[3] In 1996 he appeared with his sister in the low-budget movie Growing Artichokes in Mimongo.[2]

As a young Italian novelist, he wrote a short novel together with Luisa Brancaccio for the anthology Gioventù Cannibale by Daniele Brolli (1996).[2] In 1996 he also published the collection of short stories Fango.

In 1999 it was published the novel Steal You Away (Ti prendo e ti porto via),[2][3] and in 2001 he wrote the novel I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura), winning the 2001 Viareggio Prize. This novel was also adapted into a film version directed by Gabriele Salvatores in 2003,[2][3] and Ammaniti won the Best Motion Picture Screenplay award at the 2005 Edgar Awards as a screenplay writer.[6]

In 2006, he published As God Commands (Come Dio comanda), winning the Strega Prize. The novel was adapted into a movie, once again by Gabriele Salvatores.

In 2009, he published Let the Games Begin (Che la festa cominci). In 2010, he wrote Me and You (Io e te), which was later adapted into a movie. For his role as a writer in the movie, Ammaniti was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2013 David di Donatello awards and Best Screenplay at the 2013 Italian Golden Globe.[6]

In 2015, he published the novel Anna.

References

  1. ↑ O'Grady, Desmond. "How to succeed without really failing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Niccolò Ammaniti". Strega.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 July 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Biography". NiccoloAmmaniti.it. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ↑ (Italian) Niccolò Ammaniti, "Ai miei lettori", Branchie, Torino, Giulio Einaudi editore, 1997.
  5. ↑ "Branchie (1999)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Niccolò Ammaniti Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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