Roberto Saviano

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September 22, 1979 in Naples, Italy

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Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist.

In his writings, articles and books he employs prose and news-reporting style to narrate the story of the Camorra (a powerful Neapolitan mafia-like organization), exposing its territory and business connections.

Since 2006, following the publication of his bestselling book Gomorrah (Gomorra in Italian), where he describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business, Saviano has been threatened by several Neapolitan “godfathers”. The Italian Minister of the Interior has granted him a permanent police escort. Because of his courageous stance, he is considered a "national hero" by author-philosopher Umberto Eco.

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Average rating: 3.61 · 2,466 ratings · 370 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Gomorrah 3.59 avg rating — 2,265 ratings — published 2006 — 56 editions	My rating:
	La bellezza e l'inferno : scritti 2004-2009 3.83 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Vieni via con me 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Super Santos 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lo contrario de la muerte/ The Opposite Of Death 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	La parola contro la camorra 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sei fuori posto: Storie italiane by Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Simona Parrella 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Mafiaen i Napoli 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Il contrario della morte 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Beauty and the Inferno: Essays by Roberto Saviano, Oonagh Stranksy (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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“Ad aver dato fastidio alle organizzazioni criminali è il mio lettore, non sono io. Il mio lettore è ciò che loro non vogliono, il fatto che in questo momento ne stiamo parlando, che ne hanno parlato tutti i giornali, che continuano ad uscire libri, che continuano a nascere documentari, è tutto questo che loro non vogliono, è l'attenzione su di loro, sui loro nomi, soprattutto sui loro affari.”
― Roberto Saviano, Gomorra

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