Alessandro Piperno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alessandro Piperno

Italian writer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1972

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: writer, singer, university teacher, journalist, faculty member

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Alessandro Piperno

  • Alessandro Piperno (born March 25, 1972 in Rome) is an Italian writer and literary critic of Jewish descent, having a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He graduated in French Literature at the University of Rome, where he currently teaches and researches.
  • In 2000, he published the controversial critical essay on Marcel Proust, inflammatorily entitled "Proust antiebreo (Proust, Anti-Jew)". In 2005, he achieved notoriety with his first novel Con le peggiori intenzioni (translated as The Worst Intentions).
  • Following general critical acclaim, and positive reviews on the Corriere della Sera (defining him the "new Proust"), his book became a bestseller in Italy (with 200,000 copies sold in a few months).
  • For this book he won the Premio Campiello for best first novel.
  • The book narrates the story of the Sonnino family spanning half a century, and especially the life of its youngest member, Daniel.
  • Piperno's book attracted noticeable interest with the media, involving Piperno in a number of TV interviews and literary debates.
  • His writing is described both as ironic and ironically self-referential, with a disenchanted view of society and life in general.
  • His critics have emphasised Piperno's difficult storyline and its allegedly confused narration.
  • He states his inspiration as coming from the great literature of the 19th century, as well as that of contemporary America.
  • Besides Proust (naturally), he's been associated to Philip Roth. In 2012, Piperno won the Premio Strega, Italy's leading literary award, for his novel Inseparabili (2012).
  • It traces the lives of two brothers, Philip and Samuel Pontecorvo, after the painful death of their father Leo Pontecorvo.
  • It is a sequel of Persecuzione published in 2010. Piperno studied guitar and has a strong interest in music.
  • Until 2005, when he reached success as a writer, he was part of the Roman rock-blues Random as the solo guitarist and singer.
  • He's also a fan of soccer team Lazio.

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