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September 25, 1966 Born in Rome on September 25, 1966, Niccolò Ammaniti was almost graduated in biological sciences with a thesis entitled "release of Acetylcholinesterase in neuroblastoma". Despite missing a few exams never made it, and legend has it that the sketch of his thesis became "Gills", the first novel. Together with his father Max, Professor of developmental psychopathology and at La Sapienza University in Rome, he published "in the name of the son", an essay on the problems of adolescence, reprinted by popular acclaim. In 1996 participates in "Search", and in the same year, the collection of short stories that makes known to the general public, "mud". For some time he was accused of cannibalism, but she is always cheated, continuing to do what he liked. Writes or has written about books, travel, movies and more for "Tuttolibri", "Pulp", "the beast", "Music", "Micromega", "friend" and "Take". Interviewed for "Liberal" his friend writer Aldo Nove, with whom he shared many adventures including the Foundation, along with other writers, the collective movement "Nevro-romanticism" (inspired by the work of singer Garbo) and the experience of "Kitchen", Mtv broadcast conducted by Andrea Pezzi (the outgoing conductor who previously had hosted the talk show "Tokusho"). A story by Niccolò Ammaniti appeared in the anthology curated by Valerio Evangelisti celebrating the 45 years of "Urania", and another in a small volume of the series "Supergiallo Mondadori" by Daniele Brolli. In 1997 RadioRai transmits a his radio play, "the Sun sucks". Wrote the Afterword to "drive-in night" by Joe r. Lansdale (Einaudi, 1998), a writer who loves and Niccolò that never fails to praise. For agenda Einaudi Stile libero "wrote the short story" sleeping with the enemy, "while the story in three episodes" cunning by surgeon "came out for the online magazine" Cafe Europa "(a new version appeared, with the collaboration of Antonio Manzini, on" crimes ", the collective anthology published by Einaudi, 2005). Along with her sister made a brief cameo in the film by Fulvio Ottaviano, "will grow artichokes at Mimongo" of 1996. The long narrative that opens "mud" Director Marco Risi drew movie with Monica Bellucci "l'ultimo capodanno (1998), of which there are two versions. The following year in theaters came out "Gills" starring Gianluca Grignani directed by Francis Ranieri Martinotti. For the American production company MondoMedia has designed and wrote the screenplay for a serial in 3D digital animation for the Internet-which only exists on pilot-titled "Gone Bad", which he described as "a story of zombies between Merola, Leo and Sam Raimi". Ammaniti is very appreciated abroad, so much so that his books have been translated into French, Greek, Polish, Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Romanian, Finnish, and lots of other languages unknown to us. In 2001 came out for Einaudi Stile Libero "Io non ho paura" his best-seller: won the Viareggio Prize and numerous reissues of the novel (including a School Edition) continue to move in the top places worldwide charts. The same year, Vasco Rossi wrote a song titled "Ti prendo e Ti porto via", which gave (if anything there was still need) a shove to the eponymous, beautiful novel of formation, from which it was rumored he was making a movie--directed by Goran Paskaljevic-but she didn't hear anything. However, in 2003 the good Gabriele Salvatores has directed "I ain't scared" written by Niccolò Ammaniti and Francesca Marciano, who risked even finish shortlisted for an Oscar as best foreign language film (he still won three silver ribbons and a David di Donatello). In recent years Nicholas has been involved in hundreds of initiatives: presentations of "I'm not afraid" up and down Italy, collaborations in collective novels on the net (is being rolled out for Einaudi "my name is nobody-Global Novel", which collects the experience), medals and prizes of any kind in nearly all parts of the world, television and radio interviews, lectures at schools of writing , forewords, afterwords, clamps and squeals on the cover like a novel and countryman Stephen King. After repeatedly announced the release of a novel about six hundred pages from the unlikely title "the book of the dead"-Italian released in serial form on "Rolling Stone"-the project has taken shape in the screenplay written by Ammaniti for Razak's second film, "the vanity serum" (2003). In the summer of 2004 came out for Einaudi Stile Libero Big "hurts", which contains three comic stories (written together with Daniele Brolli, designed by Davide Fabbri), already published-partly-serialized in "unity".