Gioacchino Criaco

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Gioacchino Criaco (born 3 March 1965, Africo) is an Italian writer. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. "Gioacchino Criaco - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. "Gioacchino Criaco | Soho Press". sohopress.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. Klüver, Henning (2016-04-07). "Luigi, Luciano und ich | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN   0376-6829 . Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. "Gioacchino Criaco". www.feltrinellieditore.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-14.