Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher Explained

Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher
Birth Name:Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Occupation:novelist, short story writer, storyteller, stage actor
Alma Mater:La Sapienza University of Rome

Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher (born May 20, 1968 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian writer, storyteller and stage actor.

Biography

Ghebreigziabiher was born in Naples to an Eritrean father[1] and an Italian mother[2] and currently lives in Rome. There, he obtained a Computer science University degree at La Sapienza University.

He is author of novels and short stories,[3] a professional storyteller often involved in intercultural[4] and anti-racist[5] education[6] with projects and festivals.[7]

His first book, Tramonto (Sunset), Lapis Edizioni, in 2003 was included by the International Youth Library inside The White Ravens,[8] an annual list that includes 250 books from around the world considered especially noteworthy.

Since 2007 he was artistic director of the Italian Storytelling Festival Il dono della diversità ("The gift of diversity"),[9] thirteenth edition in 2019.

Barry Bradford,[10] American speaker,[11] historian and writer who contributed to reopen the Edgar Ray Killen case, appreciated his short story Il coraggio della speranza ("The courage of hope"), about James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and wrote the preface[12] for his book Amori diversi ("Different Loves").

In 2016 he founded the international group Storytellers for Peace,[13] composed of artists from around the world, with the aim of creating collective videos[14] in several languages about peace[15] and human rights.[16]

An excerpt from his book Tramonto (Sunset) was published in English on Afropean.com, part of The Guardian newspaper's "Africa Network".[17]

Personal life

He is married to Cecilia Moreschi,[18] theatre actress and drama therapist.[19] They have two sons and live in Rome, Italy.[20]

Bibliography

Novels

Illustrated children books

Collected short stories

Non-fiction

Stage works

Sources

See also

Teatro di narrazione

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-young-italian-and-black-69926/ The New European
  2. http://archivio.el-ghibli.org/index.php%3Flang=en&id=1&issue=02_09&index_pos=5.html El-Ghibli, international magazine
  3. http://www.goodnewsagency.org/m/issue.php?number=223&lang=en The future of my people – Good News Agency
  4. http://ww3.comune.fe.it/vocidalsilenzio/atti05indice.htm Quarto Convegno Nazionale Culture e letteratura della migrazione Città identità culture
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202526/http://kids.amnesty.it/il-futuro-dei-miei/ Il futuro dei miei – Amnesty International
  6. http://www.rivieraoggi.it/2015/05/31/203969/gli-alunni-a-lezione-con-gheibreigziabhiher Gli alunni a lezione con Ghebreigziabiher
  7. http://www.lopinionista.it/notizie/chieti-festa-dei-popoli-2014-231745.html Il dono della diversità – Festa dei popoli 2014
  8. http://www.childrenslibrary.org/servlet/WhiteRavens?title=2003&where=year%3D2003 The White Ravens 2003
  9. http://www.redattoresociale.it/Notiziario/Articolo/235499/Il-dono-della-diversita-parte-a-Roma-una-rassegna-interculturale-di-narrazione-teatrale Il dono della diversità, festival di teatro di narrazione
  10. http://barrybradford.com/ Barry Bradford – Speaking for a change
  11. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-15/news/ct-entertainment-lk-tl-0619-20140615_1_medgar-evers-civil-rights-movement-barry-bradford Speaker uses bully pulpit to inspire change
  12. http://barrybradford.com/book-recommendation-different-loves-by-alessandro-ghebreigziabiher/ Different loves
  13. http://www.broadwayworld.com/spain/article/VIDEO-Storytellers-for-Peace-Bring-New-Video-for-Human-Rights-Day-2016-20161209# Storytellers for Peace Bring New Video for Human Rights Day 2016
  14. https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/friday-lit-links/man-booker-prize-longlist-recent-protest-novels-and-more World literature today
  15. http://creativewritingnews.net/2017/03/13/world-storytelling-day-2017/ World Storytelling Day 2017
  16. http://www.onuitalia.it/10-dicembre-giornata-dei-diritti-umani-con-gli-storytellers-for-peace/ United Nations Italy: Giornata dei diritti umani con gli Storytellers for Peace
  17. https://afropean.com/tramonto-sunset/ Afropean.com
  18. https://www.quotidianosociale.it/io-blu-e-rosso-iil-decimo-romanzo-di-alessandro-ghebreigziabiher “Io, Blu e Rosso”, il decimo romanzo di Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher - Quotidiano sociale
  19. https://laricerca.loescher.it/autori/moreschi/ Cecilia Moreschi
  20. https://www.alessandroghebreigziabiher.it/p/english.html Biography