Niccolò Ammaniti


Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega in 2007 for As God Commands.
He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I'm Not Scared, a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

Biography

Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome and studied Biological Sciences without finishing his degree. His first novel, named Branchie, was published by Ediesse in 1994, before its credits were bought by Einaudi in 1997. Allegedly, it was stemming from an adaption of his never completed dissertation. In 1999, Branchie was adapted into a movie with the same title. In 1995 Ammaniti published, together with his father Massimo, the essay Nel nome del figlio. In 1996 he appeared with his sister in the low-budget movie Growing Artichokes in Mimongo.
As a young Italian novelist, he wrote a short novel together with Luisa Brancaccio for the anthology Gioventù Cannibale by Daniele Brolli. In 1996 he also published the collection of short stories Fango.
In 1999 it was published the novel Steal You Away, and in 2001 he wrote the novel I'm Not Scared, winning the 2001 Viareggio Prize. This novel was also adapted into a film version directed by Gabriele Salvatores in 2003.
In 2006, he published As God Commands, winning the Strega Prize. The novel was adapted into a movie, once again by Gabriele Salvatores.
In 2009, he published Let the Games Begin. In 2010, he wrote Me and You, which was later adapted into a movie directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The script, co-written, among others, by Bertolucci and Ammaniti, was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2013 David di Donatello awards and at the 2013 Italian Golden Globe.
In 2015, he published the novel Anna.

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