Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Dr. Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, archaeologist, and journalist. He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Italy, in 1943. He is married to Christine Fedderson Manfredi, who translates his published works from Italian to English.
The Professor of Classical Archaeology in the "Luigi Bocconi" University of Milan and a familiar face on European television, he has led scientific expeditions, excavations and explorations in Italy and overseas. In addition to this, he has published a number of scientific articles and essays as well as thirteen novels, including the Alexander trilogy and The Last Legion. Alexander was published in thirty-six languages in fifty-five countries and was sold for a major film production in the U.S., The Last Legion film starring Colin Firth, Sir Ben Kingsley and John Hannah, was released in 2007. Dr. Manfredi is married with two children and lives in a small town near Bologna.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi defines himself "Ancient World Topographer". Since 1978 he spends his time teaching in several European universities, digging ruins in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, and writing novels.
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In an overpopulated world, in a swarm that loves the reflectors and kills the mystery, people need to dream. When I was a child and lived in the country, you could perceive the unknown just going out in the night. Trees' branches like giants, the owl's cry, everything was big, magic, frightening. Nowadays they're WWF's affairs... | ” |
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Living in a simple way, in harmony with nature, preserving the control of the thoughts, improving the mind, in agreement with the others. | ” |
--Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Alexander novels
- Il figlio del sogno (Child of a Dream, 1998)
- Le sabbie di Amon (Sands of Ammon, 1998)
- Il confine del mondo (Ends of the Earth, 1998)
[edit] Other fiction works
- Palladion (1988)
- Lo scudo di Talos (Spartan, 1990)
- L'oracolo (The Oracle, 1992)
- Le paludi di Hesperia (Heroes, 1995)
- La torre della solitudine (The Tower, 1997)
- Il faraone delle sabbie (Pharaoh, 1998)
- Vignola 1575 - Un oscuro delitto (1999)
- Akropolis. La grande epopea di Atene (2000)
- Chimaira (2001)
- I cento cavalieri (2002, short story collection)
- L'ultima legione (The Last Legion, 2002)
- Il tiranno (Tyrant, 2003)
- L'isola dei morti (2004)
- L'impero dei draghi (Empire of the Dragons, 2005)
[edit] Essays
- Mare Greco. Eroi ed esploratori del mondo antico ("Greek Sea", 1994)
- I Celti in Italia ("The Celts in Italy", 1999)
- I Greci d'occidente ("The Western Greeks", 2000)
- Gli Etruschi in Val Padana ("The Etruscans in the Po Valley", 2003)
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