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Roberto Saviano

Elena Ferrante. Italy’s Best-selling and Most Secretive Author

Judith Harris

Lavishly praised throughout the English-speaking world and somewhat more controversial at home, Neapolitan author Elena Ferrante is a literary phenomenon whose identity is an...

In Regional Elections, Renzi Resists

Judith Harris

Italians went to the polls on Sunday to elect seven regional governors and city counselors for 742 townships, including Venice, Mantua, Arezzo, Chieti and Agrigento. Premier...

"Reality" by Garrone Winner at Cannes Film Festival

Natasha Lardera

The Italian satire was awarded the second-place grand prize at the closing ceremony of the 65th edition of the celebrated international film festival. Starring a convicted murder,...

Characters Such as Corleone by Puzo have not Helped the Image

Joseph Sciame

The Italian-American hard work and dedication to the fabric of our American society is oftentimes wiped out by such characters and images, whether on TV, news media or film

Silence Is Not the Answer

Fred Gardaphe

Saviano is right. Silence is not the answer; protesting dramatic portrayals of mafiosi is not the answer. Italian Americans have spent more time and money fighting fictional...

Sodom versus Gomorra

Jerry Krase

In the second of a series of commentaries by Italian-American intellectuals on Roberto Saviano's recent talk about Mafia at the New York University, sociologist Jerome Krase...

On Roberto Saviano, Italy's Anti-Mafia Struggle, and Italian-American Anti-Defamation Activism

George DeStefano

In the first of a series of commentaries by Italian-American intellectuals on Roberto Saviano's recent talk about Mafia at the New York University, George DeStefano holds that...

FULL VIDEO! Saviano at NYU with Roubini. Criminal Economy and Mafia.

Luca Delbello

Gomorrah's writer met with students, professors and journalists at New York University's Paulson Auditorium. He talked about mafia and its impact on the financial crisis.

Saviano: "The Possibility to Make this World Better"

Francesca Giuliani

The autor of the bestselling book Gomorrah speaks about Mafia and financial powers at Zuccotti Park

Fini: “Other dangers” Lie on the Political Horizon. But Just What are They?

Judith Harris

"Our Constitution is the foundation and guarantee of the unity of the Republic,” Fini told a group of students visiting the Chamber of Deputies the other day. He added:...

“Gomorrah” Reaches the New York Stages

Carmen Cutugno

The theatrical company Kairos Italy Theater, directed by Laura Caparrotti presents the reading of the theatrical adaptation of "Gomorra", Roberto Saviano's bestseller

"The Africans Will Probably Save Italy"

George De Stefano

Saviano hails the “forgotten courage” of immigrants

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