Gioacchino Criaco Explained

Gioacchino Criaco (born 3 March 1965, Africo) is an Italian writer.^[1]

Life

Gioacchino Criaco was born in Africo, Calabria, to a family of shepherds. He went to a high school in Locri and studied laws in Bologna. He worked as a lawyer in Milan until 2008, when his literary career took off.^[2]

His brother, Pietro Criaco is a member of the 'Ndrangheta and he lost his father in a vendetta in 1993.^[3]

The movie director Francesco Munzi adapted his debut novel Anime nere in 2014: Black Souls.^[4]

Works

• Anime nere, 2008
• Zefira, 2009
• American Taste, 2011
• Perduta gente, 2012
• Il Saltozoppo, 2015
• L'agenda ritrovata, 2017
• La memoria del lupo, 2017
• La maligredi, 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gioacchino Criaco - Biography . 2023-12-27 . IMDb . en-US.
2. Web site: Gioacchino Criaco Soho Press. sohopress.com. en-US. 2018-11-14.
3. News: Luigi, Luciano und ich NZZ. Klüver. Henning. 2016-04-07. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2018-11-14. de-CH. 0376-6829.
4. Web site: Gioacchino Criaco. www.feltrinellieditore.it. it. 2018-11-14.