ROBERTO SAVIANO

Italy

Biography

Roberto Saviano was born on 1979. He is an Italian writer and journalist. In his writings, articles and books he employs prose and news-reporting style to narrate the story of the Camorra (a powerful Neapolitan mafia-like organization), exposing its territory and business connections. In 2006, following the publication of his bestselling book Gomorra, where he describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business, Saviano has been threatened by several Neapolitan “godfathers”. The Italian Minister of the Interior has granted him a permanent police escort.

Bibliography

  • Gomorrah, 2006
  • Il contrario della morte, 2007