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

References

  1. ↑ "Gioacchino Criaco - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Gioacchino Criaco | Soho Press". sohopress.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. ↑ Klüver, Henning (2016-04-07). "Luigi, Luciano und ich | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Gioacchino Criaco". www.feltrinellieditore.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
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