Biography of niccolo ammaniti books

PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1966, in Rome, Italy; son of Massimo Ammaniti (a psychologist). Education: Attended Rome University. Hobbies and other interests: Music, films, reading, vacationing in the countryside.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Anchor Books, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

CAREER: Novelist, short story writer, journalist, and screenwriter.

Appeared in film Cresceranno i carciofi a Mimongo, 1996; worked as a fish-breeder while a student.

AWARDS, HONORS: Viareggio-Repaci award for fiction, 2001, for Io non ho paura.

WRITINGS:

Branchie! (novel; title means "Gills"), illustrated by Alberto Piccini, Ediesse (Rome, Italy), 1994, revised edition, 1997.

(With father, Massimo Ammaniti) Nel nome del filgio: l'adolescenza raccontata da un padre e da un figlio (psychological treatise), Mondadori (Milan, Italy), 1995.

Fango (short stories; title means "Mud"), Mondadori (Milan, Italy), 1996.

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