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Alessandro Piperno (born Rome, March 25, 1972) is an Italian writer and literary critic of Jewish descent, having a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He graduated in French Literature at the University of Rome, where he currently teaches and researches. In 2000, he published the controversial critical essay on Marcel Proust, inflammatorily entitled "Proust antiebreo (Proust, Anti-Jew)". In 2005, he achieved notoriety with his first novel ''Con le peggiori intenzioni'' (translated as ''The Worst Intentions''). Following general critical acclaim, and positive reviews on the Corriere della Sera (defining him the "new Proust"), his book became a bestseller in Italy (with 200,000 copies sold in a few months). For this book he won the Premio Campiello for best first novel. The book narrates the story of the Sonnino family spanning half a century, and especially the life of its youngest member, Daniel. Piperno's book attracted noticeable interest with the media, involving Piperno in a number of TV interviews and literary debates. His writing is described both as ironic and ironically self-referential, with a disenchanted view of society and life in general. His critics have emphasised Piperno's difficult storyline and its allegedly confused narration. He states his inspiration as coming from the great literature of the 19th century, as well as that of contemporary America. Besides Proust (naturally), he's been associated to Philip Roth. In 2012, Piperno won the Premio Strega, Italy's leading literary award, for his novel ''Inseparabili'' (2012). It traces the lives of two brothers, Philip and Samuel Pontecorvo, after the painful death of their father Leo Pontecorvo. It is a sequel of ''Persecuzione'' published in 2010. Piperno studied guitar and has a strong interest in music. Until 2005, when he reached success as a writer, he was part of the Roman rock-blues Random as the solo guitarist and singer. He's also a fan of soccer team Lazio. ==Bibliography== *''Proust antiebreo (Proust, Anti-Jew)'', Franco Angeli Editore (Critical & Linguistic Series), 2000 ISBN 88-464-1876-X *''Con le peggiori intenzioni'', Mondadori (Italian & Foreign Writers), 2005 ISBN 88-04-53802-3; Mondadori (Collana Oscar Bestseller), 2006 ISBN 88-04-55850-4 * *''The Worst Intentions'' (Europa Editions, 2007) ISBN 978-1-933372-33-4 *''Il demone reazionario. Sulle tracce del "Baudelaire" di Sartre'', Gaffi Editore, (2007) *''La favola della vita vera'', Corriere della Sera (Corti di Carta), short story, (2007) *''Persecuzione. Il fuoco amico dei ricordi'', Mondadori, 2010 *''Inseparabili. Il fuoco amico dei ricordi'', Mondadori (2012) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alessandro Piperno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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