Niccolò Ammaniti

Niccolo Ammaniti is a Roman through and through, and his dark moral imagination defines everything he writes. He broke through with I'm Not Scared in 2001, later filmed by Gabriele Salvatores, and took the 2007 Strega Prize for As God Commands. What fascinates me is his pivot from studying biology to dissecting human cruelty through the eyes of children. That cold, clinical gaze sharpens his fiction rather than chilling it. He works across novels, screenwriting and directing, and I find his unflinching, child's-eye view of a brutal world genuinely compelling.

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Name (English)

Niccolò Ammaniti

Name (Japanese)

ニコロ・アンマニーティ

Reading

にころ・あんまにーてぃ

Born

September 25, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Occupation

writer / screenwriter / film director / biologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Strega Prize
• 2001 Viareggio Prize
• 2011 Dessì Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.niccoloammaniti.it
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2%20Ammaniti
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251286

Tags

• Province of Rome
• writer
• screenwriter
• film director

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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