Alessandro D'Avenia
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Born2 May 1977
Palermo, Italy
OccupationWriter, historian, librarian
EducationPhilips Academy
AlmamaterSapienza University of Rome
Alessandro D'Avenia | |
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| Born | 2 May 1977 Palermo, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer, historian, librarian |
| Education | Philips Academy |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Subject | Cultural history, history of the book |
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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]
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 Rome 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]
