Gioacchino Criaco
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Gioacchino Criaco (born 3 March 1965, Africo) is an Italian writer.[1]
Life
Gioacchino Criaco was born in Africo, Calabria, to a family of shepherds. He went to a high school in Locri and studied laws in Bologna. He worked as a lawyer in Milan until 2008, when his literary career took off.[2]
His brother, Pietro Criaco is a member of the 'Ndrangheta and he lost his father in a vendetta in 1993.[3]
The movie director Francesco Munzi adapted his debut novel Anime nere in 2014: Black Souls.[4]
Works
- Anime nere, 2008
- Zefira, 2009
- American Taste, 2011
- Perduta gente, 2012
- Il Saltozoppo, 2015
- L'agenda ritrovata, 2017
- La memoria del lupo, 2017
- La maligredi, 2018
References
- ^ "Gioacchino Criaco - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Gioacchino Criaco | Soho Press". sohopress.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ Klüver, Henning (2016-04-07). "Luigi, Luciano und ich | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Gioacchino Criaco". www.feltrinellieditore.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-14.