Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Born | Castelfranco Emilia, province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | 8 March 1943
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Nationality | Italian |
Period | 1980–present |
Genre | Historical drama |
Notable works | Alexander trilogy |
Spouse | Christine Fedderson Manfredi |
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist,
Biography
He was born in
At the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore itself, he taught from 1980 to 1986, then moved on to an academic career at the University of Venice (1987) and then at the
Between the 1970s and the 1980s, he has undertaken the "Anabasis" expeditions for the reconstruction of the itinerary of the
He has also held a series of conferences and seminars at the University of Oxford, University of California, National University of Canberra, Universidad de Antiochia, Universidad de Bilbao, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo in Tenerife and many others.[1]
He has published many academic essays and articles and he has written several best-selling novels (amounting to a total of about 8 million copies sold worldwide). He also writes on many newspapers and magazines as a scientific journalist both in Italy (e.g., "Il Messaggero", "Panorama", "Archeo", "Focus") and in Spain (Spanish edition of "Focus" and "El Mundo").[4]
His novel The Last Legion was the basis for the movie of the same title, released in 2007 and starring Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley and others; his Alexander Trilogy has been bought by Universal Pictures for yet another cinematic rendition of the story of Alexander the Great.[1] He has also written the screenplays for Marco d'Aviano and Gilgamesh and he has adapted Le Memorie di Adriano for cinema screening. Furthermore, he has hosted the television series Stargate – linea di confine for three seasons already on the Italian TV channel LA7 and he will also host Impero (Empire) on the very same channel.
On 11 February 2021, Manfredi and fellow writer Antonella Prenner were found unconscious at his home in Rome, after suffering a domestic incident caused by an accidental gas leak. They were hospitalized in Grosseto; their conditions were described as critical.[5] They were later released.
Bibliography
Novels
- Palladion (1985)
- Spartan (Lo scudo di Talos, 1988)
- The Oracle (L'oracolo, 1990)
- Heroes, earlier titled Talisman of Troy (Le paludi di Hesperia, 1994)
- The Tower (La torre della solitudine, 1996)
- The Alexander Trilogy (Trilogia di Aléxandros, 1998)
- Child of a Dream (Il figlio del sogno)
- The Sands of Ammon (Le sabbie di Amon)
- The Ends of the Earth(Il confine del mondo)
- Pharaoh (Il faraone delle sabbie, 1998
- Chimaira ("Chimera", 2001)
- I cento cavalieri (Short story collection, 2002)
- The Last Legion (L'ultima legione, 2002)
- Tyrant (Il Tiranno, 2003)
- The Island of the Dead (L'isola dei morti, 2003)
- Empire of Dragons (L'impero dei draghi, 2005)
- The Lost Army (L'armata perduta, 2007)
- The Ides of March (Idi di marzo, 2008)
- The Ancient Curse (L'antica maledizione, 2010)
- A Winter's Night (Otel Bruni, 2011)
- Odysseus: The Oath (Il mio nome è Nessuno. Il giuramento, 2013)
- Odysseus: The Return (Il mio nome è Nessuno. Il ritorno, 2014)
- Wolves of Rome (Teutoburgo, 2016)
- Quinto comandamento (2018)
- Antica madre (2019)
- Quaranta giorni (2020)
Essays
- Greek Sea (Mare Greco. Eroi ed esploratori del mondo antico, 1994)
- The Celts in Italy (I Celti in Italia, 1999)
- Akropolis (2000)
- The Western Greeks (I Greci d'occidente, 2000)
- The Etruscans in the Pó Valley (Gli Etruschi in Val Padana, 2003)
- 2009 – La Tomba di Alessandro (2009)
Collaborations
- Vignola 1575 – Un oscuro delitto (with Omar Calabrese, 1999)
Filmography
Movies based on his books
- 1998 – Tower of the Firstborn (I Guardiani del Cielo)
- 2007 – The Last Legion
Screenplays
- 2006 – The Inquiry (L'Inchiesta)
- 2009 – Memoirs of Hadrian
Actor
References
- ^ a b c "Valerio Massimo Manfredi" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ISFDB
- ^ Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian)
- ^ Piper, his German publisher (in German)
- ^ Lo scrittore Valerio Massimo Manfredi trovato esanime in casa a Roma: è grave
External links
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi at IMDb
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi on Fantastic Fiction