Alessandro D'Avenia (born 2 May 1977) is an Italian writer, teacher and screenwriter. his book ''White as milk, red as blood'', which led to the film of the same name.

Biography

D'Avenia was born in the city of

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

. At the age of 14, he attended the Liceo Classico “Vittorio Emanuele II” of Palermo where he met

Pino Puglisi Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (, ; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. He openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia who controlled the neighbourhood and was killed by them o ...

, his teacher of RE. After graduation, Alessandro D'Avenia moved to Roma to attend

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

where he's got a degree in Classic Letters. In 2010, D'Avenia published his first best-seller book,

White as Milk, Red as Blood ''White as Milk, Red as Blood'' (, also known as ''As White as Milk, as Red as Blood'') is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Giacomo Campiotti. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name by Alessandro D'Avenia. Plot ...

Works

* ''

'' * '' Cose che nessuno sa'' * '' Ciò che inferno non è''

Essays

* ''L'arte di essere fragili: come Leopardi può salvarti la vita'', Milano, Mondadori, 2016 * ''Ogni storia è una storia d’amore'', Milano, Mondadori, 2017.

References

External links

Alessandro D'Avenia website
Italian male writers 1977 births Living people Writers from Palermo Sapienza University of Rome alumni Italian essayists {{Italy-writer-stub