Niccolò Ammaniti

Bio: Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega on 2007 for The Crossroads. He became noted in 2001 with the publication of Io non-ho paura, a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

Born: September 25, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy