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My Take
Mario Giordano fascinates me because of his range. Here is a Munich-born writer who pens children's books and young adult fiction, yet also wrote Black Box, the novel rooted in the Stanford prison experiment that became the searing film Das Experiment and earned him a Bavarian Film Award for screenplay. That ability to swing between tenderness for young readers and an unflinching probe into human cruelty signals a genuinely versatile imagination. I tend to admire authors who refuse to be boxed into one register, and Giordano clearly belongs in that company. He is a writer I would happily explore further.
Overview
Mario Giordano (born 30 May 1963) is a German writer. His novel Black Box (1999), which is based on a true occurrence (Stanford prison experiment) was adapted to a film under the name Das Experiment directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film was acclaimed and Giordano received for it among other prizes the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mario Giordano
- Name (Japanese)
- マリオ・ジョルダーノ
- Reading
- まりお・じょるだーの
- Born
- May 30, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / screenwriter / children's writer / author / young adult author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.