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Niccolò Ammaniti

ニッコロ・アンマニーティ

Nikkoro Ammanīti

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1966-09-25 （Rome）
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Rome, Italy

Career

Occupations
novelist, screenwriter, film director
Active Years
1994-2024
Nominations
David di Donatello Best Screenplay nomination (2013, Me and You)

Education

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Biological Sciences
Country: Italy
Did not complete degree

Awards

Premio Strega
2007
Work: As God Commands
Organization: Premio Strega Selection Committee
Result: winner
Viareggio Prize
2001
Work: I'm Not Scared
Result: winner
Viareggio Prize
2023
Work: La vita intima
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I'm Not Scared

2001 novel

A boy in rural southern Italy discovers a kidnapped child.

fearfriendshipinnocence
Adaptations
  • [film] I'm Not Scared / Gabriele Salvatores (2003)
Translations
  • Translated into many languages

Bibliography

  • Branchie (1994)
  • Fango (1996)
  • Steal You Away (1999)
  • I'm Not Scared (2001)
  • As God Commands (2006)
  • Let the Games Begin (2009)
  • Me and You (2010)
  • Anna (2015)
  • La vita intima (2023)

Adaptations

  • Branchie (1999, film)
  • I'm Not Scared (2003, film)
  • As God Commands (2008, film)
  • Me and You (2012, film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
dynamic storytellingdark humor
Recurring Motifs
youthful darknesssocial alienation

Legacy

Prominent Italian writer, Premio Strega winner.

Trivia

  • Father is psychiatrist Massimo Ammaniti.
  • Married to actress Lorenza Indovina.