Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his...
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Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his writing often concentrates on the Italian mafia, he's received many death threats and actually has a permanent police escort. Follow Saviano here.
MILAN (Reuters) - Nobel Laureate Dario Fo presented Italian "Gomorra" author Roberto Saviano with an honorary degree and heaps of praise on Thursday for his courage in daring to expose the mafia. The 30-year-old Saviano's book about the mafia underworld in the southern Italian city of Naples has been a bestseller and made its author a symbol of the fight against the mafia since it came out in 2006. The writer, also a journalist, lives under police protection because of death threats. "It's... Read Full Story
In my "B" review of Gomorrah last December I opened saying "its dedication to [Roberto Saviano's non-fiction story] causes the film to lack focus as it spreads itself too thin by telling five separate stories." After seeing it a second time I still stand by this statement, but not as adamantly as I did before. A repeat viewing benefits this film greatly and Criterion's Blu-ray presentation is slick and engrossing, even if the supplemental material can go on a little too long.
As a film we... Read Full Story
Raffaele Amato, involved in a murderous turf war within the Camorra crime syndicate, was picked up Saturday in Marbella in a joint Italy-Spain operation, Naples prosecutor Giovandomenico Lepore said in a statement.Amato is accused of several homicides in connection with a feud dating back to 1991 between two Camorra clans that left more than a dozen people dead, he said.He was a top killer for boss Paolo Di Lauro, who was trying to keep control of the clan from rival Antonio Ruocco, Lepore... Read Full Story
Neapolitan gangsters, including the alleged fugitive boss captured Saturday night in the city of Marbella, have a name for Spain: La Costa Nostra, or Our Coast. The term plays off Cosa Nostra, or Our Thing, as the mafia is called, and underscores what authorities say: that Spain has become a top foreign base for the Naples underworld, the Camorra, in the last decade. Spanish police have arrested half a dozen suspected Neapolitan crime figures this year alone. "They use that name Costa Nostra... Read Full Story
Reuters - Nobel Laureate Dario Fo presented Italian "Gomorra" author Roberto Saviano with an honorary degree and heaps of praise on Thursday for his courage in daring to expose the mafia. Read Full Story
At this point, many of you have probably seen this video of a murder committed by a member of the Camorra against Mariano Bacioterracino:
What I found shocking in this video (in addition to the murder itself but that is par for course for organized crime) was how casual the whole thing is including the murder itself. The voice-over you hear on the video is that of Roberto Saviano , journalist and author of Gomorrah , a devastating book on the Camorra which earned him death threats from... Read Full Story
[Naples] Italian police have arrested Pasquale Russo, one of the country’s most wanted Camorra bosses, a day after detaining Salvatore Russo, his brother. The arrest delivers a heavy blow to one of the most powerful crime syndicates in the region surrounding Naples.
Russo, 62, had been on the run from authorities since 1993. Much like one of the characters in Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, Russo was arrested at dawn yesterday, while hiding out in a remote farmhouse near Sperone, some 80... Read Full Story
The Details Album: Gomorrah Soundtrack (2008) Track: “Un giorno d’amore” Written by Daniele Stefani and G. Bousier Artist: Performed by Daniele Stefani
About Daniele Stefani
Born in Milan on 1st of December 1980, Daniele began appreciating the beauty and communicative powers of music. Enrolled at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, where he earned a diploma at the age of 19. However, during his school years, his talents did not go undiscovered. Daniele was invited to be a... Read Full Story
Roberto Saviano is still alive and he has a new book out (actually two short stories in one volume) titled The Opposite of Death (not yet translated in English but available in French). What is the opposite of death?
Roberto Saviano, le contraire de la vie - Libération via kwout
Powerful. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
Authored by SocProf . Hosted by Edublogs . Read Full Story
