Background
Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome and studied Biologic Sciences without ever getting a degree.
Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome and studied Biologic Sciences without ever getting a degree.
Allegedly, it was stemming from an adaption of his never completed dissertation.
He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I"m Not Scared (Io non ho paura), a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores. His first novel, named Branchie, was published by Ediesse in 1994, before its credits were bought by Einaudi in 1997. In 1999, Branchie was translated into a movie with the same title.
In 1995 Ammaniti published, together with his father Massimo, the essay Nel nome del figlio.
As a young Italian novelist, he wrote a short novel together with Luisa Brancaccio for the anthology Gioventù Cannibale by Daniele Brolli (1996). In 1996 he also published the collection of short stories Fango.
In 2006, he published As God Commands (Come Dio comanda), winning the Strega Prize. The novel was adapted into a movie, once again by Gabriele Salvatores.
In 2009, he published Let the Games Begin (Che la festa cominci).
In 2010, he wrote Maine and You (Io e te), which was later adapted into a movie. In 2015, he published the novel Anna.
In 1999 it was published the novel Steal You Away (Ti prendo e ti porto via), and in 2001 he wrote the novel I"m Not Scared (Io non ho paura), winning the 2001 Viareggio Prize. This novel was also adapted into a film version directed by Gabriele Salvatores in 2003, and Ammaniti won the Best Motion Picture Screenplay award at the 2005 Edgar Awards as a screenplay writer Foreign his role as a writer in the movie, Ammaniti was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2013 David di Donatello awards and Best Screenplay at the 2013 Italian Golden Globe.
