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Alessandro D'Avenia

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Alessandro D'Avenia
Born (1977-05-02) May 2, 1977 (age 47)
Palermo
OccupationHistorian, librarian
EducationPhilips Academy
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
SubjectCultural history, history of the book
Website
profduepuntozero.it

Alessandro D'Avenia (born May 2, 1977, Palermo) is an Italian writer, teacher and screenwriter.[1][2]

He is known for having written the book "White as milk, red as blood", that led to the film of the same name.[3][4]

Works

Essays

  • L'arte di essere fragili: come Leopardi può salvarti la vita, Milano, Mondadori, 2016
  • Ogni storia è una storia d’amore, Milano, Mondadori, 2017.

Biografy

Alessandro D'Avenia was born in the city of Palermo. At the age of 14, he attended the Liceo Classico “Vittorio Emanuele II” of Palermo where he met Pino Puglisi, his teacher of RE. After graduation, Alessandro D'Avenia moved to Roma to attend Sapienza University of Rome where he's got a degree in Classic Letters. In 2010, D'Avenia published his first best-seller book, White as Milk, Red as Blood.[5]

References

  1. ^ "D'Avenia Alessandro - Biografie scrittori, poeti, artisti - Wuz.it". www.wuz.it. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ titolo=Articolo Articolo di Avvenire
  3. ^ "O livro". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "Estante Vertical: Resenha: Branca como o leite, vermelha como o sangue". August 2, 2015. Archived from the original on August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ https://biografieonline.it/biografia-alessandro-d-avenia