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Niccolò Ammaniti ; born 25 September 1966) is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega on 2007 for As God Commands (also published under the title The Crossroads).
He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura), a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

Biography

Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome and studied Biologic Sciences without ever getting a degree. His first novel, named Branchie, was published by Ediesse in 1994, before its credits were bought by Einaudi in 1997. Allegedly, it was stemming from an adaption of his never completed dissertation. In 1999, Branchie was translated into a movie with the same title. In 1995 Ammaniti published, together with his father Massimo, the essay Nel nome del figlio. In 1996 he appeared with his sister in the low-budget movie Growing Artichokes in Mimongo.

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