“book is [in the] non-fiction genre, but it is first of all a novel. Why should I add sourcing to a novel?”
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Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. In his writings, including articles and his book Gomorrah, he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of organized crime in Italy, in particular the Camorra crime syndicate, and of organized crime more generally. His writing has drawn praise from other writers and c…
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culture · Italian journalist and writer (born 1979) · writer · journalist · screenwriter · also Roberto Saviano, Saviano
Born 22 September 1979 · Q25163
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2026· 4 entries
Il Tempo: Roberto Saviano (con la scorta) a Spin Time e spariscono i disegni contro la polizia
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Repubblica Napoli: Roberto Saviano: “Il mio San Gennaro patrono superstar”
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Il Mattino: Roberto Saviano torna in teatro nel 2027 con “Quel che resta di me”: la prima data a Napoli
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2024· 1 entry
IFEX: Roberto Saviano and the unacceptable price of exposing corruption
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2023· 1 entry
Variety: ‘Gomorrah’ Author Roberto Saviano Stands Second Trial for Calling Right-Wing Italian Government Member a ‘Bastard’
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2019· 1 entry
“Kokaina to wyczerpująca odpowiedź na najbardziej naglącą potrzebę dzisiejszej epoki: brak ograniczeń.”
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2018· 1 entry
And 2019, retranslated from the Italian, English, and French texts of Eco into German, with a preface by Saviano)
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded M100 Media Award (2016).
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The same production crew began filming ZeroZeroZero, an adaptation of Saviano's 2013 book of the same name about the international cocaine trade
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2015· 1 entry
Saviano collaborated with the Neapolitan playwright Mimmo Borrelli on the play Sanghenapule – Vita straordinaria di San Gennaro, which was part of the 2015/2016 season of the Piccolo Teatro of Milan
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2013· 2 entries
Saviano and the Arnoldo Mondadori Editore publishing house were sentenced for plagiarism on appeal
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And the English translation was published by Penguin Random House in July 2015
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Olof Palme Prize (2011).
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Awarded Pinter International Writer of Courage Award (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Was denied by Herling in a letter published in the Corriere del Mezzogiorno and in two interviews given to TG1, during which she explicitly maintained that the writer invented the episode
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Martinetto Award (2009).
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Awarded Geschwister-Scholl-Preis (2009).
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Awarded Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien (2009).
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The film won the Tonino Guerra Prize for best script at the Bari International Film Festival
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2008· 6 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Gomorrah (2008).
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Awarded Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Cultural and Political Journalism (2008).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for Gomorrah (2008).
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Awarded Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Awards (2008).
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In Europe, just as they can't tolerate that the price one pays for denouncing these events means losing one's freedom and safety
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The director Pasquale Squitieri also cast doubt on the appropriateness of the security detail
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2007· 1 entry
Was named in honour of Saviano's merits as a writer and journalist
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Viareggio Prize (2006).
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Following the success of Gomorrah, which denounces the activities of the Camorra, Saviano received ominous threats
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Made by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, a clan which he had denounced in his exposé and in the piazza of Casal di Principe during a demonstration in defence of legality, Saviano was put under a strict security protocol
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2004· 1 entry
The internet site Carmilla Online collected signatures in support of the ex-terrorist member of PAC (Armed Proletarians for Communism), Cesare Battisti, who had become a writer and was then hiding in France and Brazil
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2002· 1 entry
Writing for numerous magazines and daily papers, including Pulp, Diario, Sud, Il manifesto, the website Nazione Indiana, and for the Camorra monitoring unit of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno
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1997· 1 entry
While in high school, he grew close to the Italian Marxist–Leninist Party (PMLI) and published articles on its weekly newspaper, Il Bolscevico, under the pseudonym Roberto Ercolino
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1979· 1 entry
Born 1979-09-22.
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