Roberto Saviano, writer and journalist, gained international success with the book Gomorrah (Mondadori, 2006). The book, translated into over 50 countries, inspired a theater play (2008, awarded at the Olimpici del Teatro), a film (2008, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival), and a TV series (since 2014). His novel The Piranhas (La paranza dei bambini, Feltrinelli, 2016) was adapted into a film (2019), for which Saviano co-wrote the screenplay, winning the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

For television, he co-hosted Vieni via con me (Rai 3) with Fabio Fazio and Quello che non ho (LA7), while in 2022, he hosted Insider - Faccia a faccia con il crimine on Rai 3.

His articles have appeared in L’Espresso, The Washington Post, El País, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, and The Times, among others. He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Naples Federico II and received an honorary degree in Law from the University of Genoa in 2011. He has also curated the Munizioni book series for Bompiani.

His latest books include Bacio feroce (Feltrinelli, 2017), In mare non esistono taxi (Contrasto, 2019), Shout It (Gridalo, Bompiani, 2020), I’m Still Alive (Sono ancora vivo, Bao, 2021), illustrated by Asaf Hanuka, I teschi dei ladri (Feltrinelli, 2021), illustrated by Tanino Liberatore and Riccardo La Bella, Solo è il coraggio (Bompiani, 2022), and Cuore puro(Giunti, 2022).

For theater, he wrote and performed Sanghenapule – The Extraordinary Life of San Gennaro (2015) with Mimmo Borrelli, The Piranhas (La paranza dei bambini, 2017), and Belonging – The Intimate Life of Criminal Power(Appartenere – Vita intima del potere criminale, 2024). His latest play, Love of Mine Will Never Die (L’amore mio non muore, 2025), tells the true story of Rossella Casini, a young woman who fell victim to the ‘Ndrangheta.

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