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Simone Somekh is a New York-based author and journalist. Born and raised in Turin, Italy, he's lived in Italy, Israel and the United States.

Somekh's debut novel, Grandangolo, was first released in Italian in 2017 by Giuntina. The book was published in French by Mercure de France, German by Haymon Verlag, and Russian by Knizhniki.

Simone Somekh has written for the Associated Press, Tablet Magazine, Vanity Fair Italy, Corriere della Sera, The Forward, New York Trasatlantic, Wired Italy, and the Jerusalem Post. He holds an M.A. in Journalism and European & Mediterranean Studies from New York University. ...more

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