Alessandro D'Avenia (born 2 May 1977) is an Italian writer, teacher and screenwriter.[1][2] his book White as milk, red as blood, which led to the film of the same name.[3][4]

Alessandro D'Avenia
Born	(1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 45) Palermo
Occupation	Historian, librarian
Education	Philips Academy
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Subject	Cultural history, history of the book
Website
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Works

• White as Milk, Red as Blood
• Cose che nessuno sa
• Ciò che inferno non è

Essays

• L'arte di essere fragili: come Leopardi può salvarti la vita, Milano, Mondadori, 2016
• Ogni storia è una storia d’amore, Milano, Mondadori, 2017.

Biography

Alessandro D'Avenia was born in the city of Palermo. At the age of 14, he attended the Liceo Classico “Vittorio Emanuele II” of Palermo where he met Pino Puglisi, his teacher of RE. After graduation, Alessandro D'Avenia moved to Roma to attend Sapienza University of Rome where he's got a degree in Classic Letters. In 2010, D'Avenia published his first best-seller book, White as Milk, Red as Blood.[5]

References

External links

• Alessandro D'Avenia website

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