Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher | |
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| Born | Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher 1968 Naples, Italy |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, storyteller, stage actor |
| Nationality |  Italy |
| Alma mater | La Sapienza University of Rome |
| Spouse |
Cecilia Moreschi (m. 1999) |
Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher (born May 20, 1968 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian writer, storyteller and stage actor.
Biography
Ghebreigziabiher was born in Naples to an Eritrean father[1] and an Italian mother[2] and currently lives in Rome. There, he obtained a Computer science University degree at La Sapienza University.
He is author of novels and short stories,[3] a professional storyteller often involved in intercultural[4] and anti-racist[5] education[6] with projects and festivals.[7]
His first book, Tramonto (Sunset), Lapis Edizioni, in 2003 was included by the International Youth Library inside The White Ravens,[8] an annual list that includes 250 books from around the world considered especially noteworthy.
Since 2007 he was artistic director of the Italian Storytelling Festival Il dono della diversità ("The gift of diversity"),[9] thirteenth edition in 2019.
Barry Bradford,[10] American speaker,[11] historian and writer who contributed to reopen the Edgar Ray Killen case, appreciated his short story Il coraggio della speranza ("The courage of hope"), about James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and wrote the preface[12] for his book Amori diversi ("Different Loves").
In 2016 he founded the international group Storytellers for Peace,[13] composed of artists from around the world, with the aim of creating collective videos[14] in several languages about peace[15] and human rights.[16]
An excerpt from his book Tramonto (Sunset) was published in English on Afropean.com, part of The Guardian newspaper's "Africa Network".[17]
Personal life
He is married to Cecilia Moreschi,[18] theatre actress and drama therapist.[19] They have two sons and live in Rome, Italy.[20]
Bibliography
Novels
- Il poeta, il santo e il navigatore (2006, Fermento Editore) ISBN 88-89207-38-8
- L'intervallo (2008, Intermezzi Editore) ISBN 88-903576-1-4
- La truffa dei migranti (2015, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 978-88-97309-75-8
- Elisa e il meraviglioso mondo degli oggetti (2016, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 88-97309-87-9
- Carla senza di Noi (2017, Graphofeel Edizioni) ISBN 88-97381-79-0
- Lo strano vizio del professor Mann (2019, Ofelia Editrice) ISBN 88-99820-26-0
- Matematica delle parole (2019, Toutcourt Edizioni) ISBN 88-32219-09-3
- A morte i razzisti (2020, Oakmond Publishing) ISBN 39-62072-20-9
- Agata nel paese che non legge (2021, NEM Editore) ISBN 978-88-88903-63-7
- Io, Blu e Rosso (2023, Bette Edizioni) ISBN 979-12-80564-26-9
Illustrated children books
Collected short stories
Non-fiction
- Nato da un crimine contro l'umanità. Dialogo con mio padre sulle conseguenze del colonialismo italiano (2022, Tab Edizioni) ISBN 978-88-9295-611-7
Stage works
- Tramonto (1999)
- Robin Dream (2005)
- La vera storia di Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, oratore della razza umana (2008)
- Loving vs Virginia (2010)
- Storie e Notizie (2010)
- Nostro figlio è nato (2012)
- Il dono della diversità (2013)
- Roba da bambini (2014)
- Questa è la paura (2015)
- La truffa dei migranti (2015)
- Quando (2016)
- Curami (2017)
- Le sette vite di Eva (2018)
- Storie da pazzi di storie (2019)
Sources
- Diversi libri diversi: scaffali multiculturali e promozione della lettura, Vinicio Ongini, Idest Editore, 2003 – ISBN 88-87078-28-9
- Nuovo planetario italiano, Armando Gnisci, Città aperta Edizioni, 2006 – ISBN 88-8137-260-6
- L' immagine della società nella fiaba, Franco Cambi, Sandra Landi, Gaetana Rossi, Armando Editore, 2008 – ISBN 88-6081-332-8
- Scrivere nella lingua dell'altro: la letteratura degli immigrati in Italia, Daniele Comberiati, Peter Lang Editore, 2010 – ISBN 90-5201-597-X
- L'immigrazione raccontata ai ragazzi, Luatti Lorenzo, Nuove Esperienze Editrice, 2011 – ISBN 978-88-95533-17-9
- E noi? Il posto degli scrittori migranti nella narrativa per ragazzi, Lorenzo Luatti, introduzione di Armando Gnisci, Sinnos Editrice, 2010 - ISBN 88-7609-176-9
- African Theatre 8: Diasporas, Interculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre Capitolo Interculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre, Sabrina Brancato (pp. 52–64) Boydell & Brewer, James Currey, 2009 - ISBN 978-18-47015-01-3
- Il territorio dalla stiva. I care Child development & disabilities, Angelo Cupini, Franco Angeli editrice, 2010 - ISSN 2036-5888
- Fingertips stained with ink: Notes on new 'migrant writing'in Italy, Volume 8 Interventions, International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Alessandro Portelli, 2006 - ISSN 1369-801X
- Re-writing history in the literature of the Ethiopian diaspora in Italy, Volume 13 African Identities, Sara Marzagora, 2015 - ISSN 1472-5843
See also
References
- ↑ The New European.
- ↑ El-Ghibli, international magazine
- ↑ The future of my people – Good News Agency.
- ↑ Quarto Convegno Nazionale Culture e letteratura della migrazione Città identità culture.
- ↑ Il futuro dei miei – Amnesty International.
- ↑ Gli alunni a lezione con Ghebreigziabiher.
- ↑ Il dono della diversità – Festa dei popoli 2014.
- ↑ The White Ravens 2003 Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Il dono della diversità, festival di teatro di narrazione.
- ↑ Barry Bradford – Speaking for a change.
- ↑ Speaker uses bully pulpit to inspire change.
- ↑ Different loves.
- ↑ Storytellers for Peace Bring New Video for Human Rights Day 2016.
- ↑ World literature today Archived April 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ World Storytelling Day 2017.
- ↑ United Nations Italy: Giornata dei diritti umani con gli Storytellers for Peace.
- ↑ Afropean.com.
- ↑ Cecilia Moreschi.
- ↑ Biography.
External links
Media related to Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher at Wikimedia Commons- Official website