Niccolò Ammaniti
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| Born | 25 September 1966[1] Rome, Italy[1] |
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Niccolò Ammaniti (Italian pronunciation:
He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura),[2] a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.
Biography
Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome on 25 September 1966. He studied Biological Sciences at university, and though he did not complete his degree,[1] his first novel, Branchie (published by Ediesse in 1994, and then by Einaudi in 1997),[3] drew from his unfinished dissertation.[4][1] In 1999, Branchie was adapted into a movie with the same title.[1] In 1995, Ammaniti and his father Massimo published the essay Nel nome del figlio.[3] In 1996, he appeared with his sister in the low-budget movie Growing Artichokes in Mimongo.[1]
A short novel written with Luisa Brancaccio for the anthology Gioventù Cannibale edited by Daniele Brolli came out in 1996,[1] as did a collection of short stories, Fango.[5] Fango was shortlisted as a finalist work at the 1997 Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Bergamo.[6]
In 1999, Ammaniti published the novel Steal You Away (Ti prendo e ti porto via),[1][3] followed by the 2001 I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura), which won the 2001 Viareggio Prize and was adapted into a film directed by Gabriele Salvatores in 2003.[1][3]
In 2006, he published As God Commands (Come Dio comanda),[7] which won the Strega Prize.[8] The novel was adapted into a movie, once again directed by Gabriele Salvatores.[9]
In 2009, he published Let the Games Begin (Che la festa cominci),[9] and in 2010 Me and You (Io e te), which was later adapted into a movie directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.[9] The script, co-written by Bertolucci, Ammaniti, and others, was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2013 David di Donatello awards and at the 2013 Italian Golden Globe.[10][11]
In 2015, he published the novel Anna,[12] which six years later was adapted into a TV show aired on Sky Italia and directed by Ammanity himself.[13]
His directorial debut came in 2017 with the TV series The Miracle, released one year later, a project he both created and co-directed alongside Francesco Munzi and Lucio Pellegrini.[14]
In 2023, eight years since his last novel, he published La vita intima, winning the Viareggio Prize again, 22 years after his initial recognition with I'm Not Scared.[15]
Works
Novels
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1994). Branchie (in Italian). Rome: Ediesse. ISBN 88-230-0135-8.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1996). Fango (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-40667-4.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1999). Ti prendo e ti porto via [Steal You Away] (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-46824-6.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2001). Io non ho paura [ISBN 88-06-14210-0.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2006). Come Dio comanda [ISBN 88-04-50279-7.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2009). Che la festa cominci [Let the Games Begin] (in Italian). Turin: Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-19101-6.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2010). Io e te [ISBN 978-88-06-20680-2.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2015). Anna [Anna] (in Italian). Turin: Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-22775-3.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2023). ISBN 978-88-06-25515-2.
Audiobooks
- Ammaniti, Niccolò; Manzini, Antonio (2008). Giochiamo? Due racconti letti dagli autori (CD) (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-58405-6.
Documentaries
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (director) (2014). The Good Life (Motion picture) (in Italian). ISBN 978-88-07-74125-8.
Graphic novels
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (ISBN 8806168150, (in Italian).
Essays
- Ammaniti, Massimo; Ammaniti, Niccolò (1995). Nel nome del figlio. L'adolescenza raccontata da un padre e da un figlio (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-39339-4.
Radio dramas
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1997). Anche il sole fa schifo (Radio broadcast) (in Italian). Rai-Eri. ISBN 88-397-0987-8.
Short stories in anthologies
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1993). "La figlia di Siva". La giungla sotto l'asfalto (in Italian). Ediesse.[9]
- Ammaniti, Niccolò; Brancaccio, Luisa (1996). "Seratina". In Brolli, Daniele (ed.). Gioventù cannibale (in Italian). Turin: Einaudi. ISBN 88-06-14268-2.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (1997). "Alba tragica". In Lippi, Giuseppe; Evangelisti, Valerio (eds.). Tutti i denti del mostro sono perfetti (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-43806-1.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò; D'Alessandro, Jaime (1998). "Enchanted Music & Light Records". Il fagiano Jonathan Livingston. Manifesto contro la new age (in Italian). Rome: Minimum Fax. ISBN 88-86568-53-3.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2000). "L'amico di Jeffrey Dahmer è l'amico mio". In Brolli, Daniele (ed.). Italia odia (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori. ISBN 88-06-14268-2.
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (2005). "Sei il mio tesoro". In De Cataldo, Giancarlo (ed.). Crimini (in Italian). Turin: Einaudi. ISBN 88-06-17576-9.
TV series
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (Creator); Ammaniti, Niccolò (Director); Munzi, Francesco (Director); Pellegrini, Lucio (Director) (2018). Il miracolo [The Miracle] (Television production) (in Italian).[16]
- Ammaniti, Niccolò (Creator and Director) (2021). Anna (Television production) (in Italian).
Film adaptations
- Risi, Marco (Director) (1998). Kaputt Mundi (in Italian).
- Ranieri Martinotti, Francesco (Director) (1999). Branchie (in Italian).
- Salvatores, Gabriele (Director) (2003). I'm Not Scared (in Italian).
- Infascelli, Alex (Director) (2004). The Vanity Serum (in Italian).
- Salvatores, Gabriele (Director) (2008). As God Commands (in Italian).
- Bertolucci, Bernardo (Director) (2012). Me and You (in Italian).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Niccolò Ammaniti". Strega.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 July 2008.
- ^ O'Grady, Desmond (10 May 2003). "How to succeed without really failing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Biography". NiccoloAmmaniti.it. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ (in Italian) Niccolò Ammaniti, "Ai miei lettori", Branchie, Torino, Giulio Einaudi editore, 1997.
- ^ "Fango / Niccolò Ammaniti". OPAC SBN (in Italian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Raccolta Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Bergamo". Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (in Italian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Come Dio comanda : romanzo / Niccolò Ammaniti". OPAC SBN (in Italian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "2007. Niccolò Ammaniti". Strega Prize (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Carlino, Maria Luisa; Casini, Silvia; Scipioni, Chiara (2014). "L'esordio narrativo di Niccolò Ammaniti" (PDF). Oblique (in Italian).
- ^ Fumarola, Silvia (15 June 2013). "Sei David per Giuseppe Tornatoretrionfa ai David di Donatello 2013". la Repubblica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Globi d'Oro 2013: tutte le nomination". Il Cinema Italiano (in Italian). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Anna / Niccolò Ammaniti". OPAC SBN (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "'Anna', la serie di Niccolò Ammaniti su Sky dal 23 aprile: il TRAILER". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ D'Amico, Valentina (18 May 2017). "Sky Italia, Wildside e Niccolò Ammaniti per "The Miracle", serie tv sulle lacrime della Madonna". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Paloscia, Fulvio (30 July 2023). "Niccolò Ammaniti vince il Premio Viareggio". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (18 May 2017). "Sky Italia, Wildside to Produce 'The Miracle' Series for International Market (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
External links
- (in Italian) Official website
- Niccolò Ammaniti at IMDb
