Gioacchino Criaco (born 3 March 1965, Africo) is an Italian writer.
Life Gioacchino Criaco was born in Africo, Calabria, to a family of shepherds. He went to a high school in Locri and studied law in Bologna. He worked as a lawyer in Milan until 2008, when his literary career took off.
His brother, Pietro Criaco is a member of the 'Ndrangheta and he lost his father in a vendetta in 1993.
The movie director Francesco Munzi adapted his debut novel Anime nere in 2014: Black Souls.
Works Anime nere, 2008 Zefira, 2009 American Taste, 2011 Perduta gente, 2012 Il Saltozoppo, 2015 L'agenda ritrovata, 2017 La memoria del lupo, 2017 La maligredi, 2018
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