Massimo Mongai
Massimo Mongai | |
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| Born | 3 November 1950 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 1 November 2016 (aged 65) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Genre | Science fiction, crime fiction |
| Years active | 1993—2016 |
Massimo Mongai (3 November 1950 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian writer of science fiction and crime fiction.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Rome, by the age of 12, Massimo Mongai was a dedicated reader of science fiction. He graduated in law.
According to the biography printed in many of his books, his influences include the science-fiction writers Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, Poul Anderson and Philip José Farmer and the crime writers Rex Stout and Andrea Camilleri.
Works
[edit | edit source]In 1997, Mongai wrote Memorie di un cuoco d'astronave. This blend of space saga and cooking manual won Italy's Urania Award.
His other books include Il gioco degli immortali, Tette e pistole, Memorie di un cuoco di un bordello spaziale, Cronache non ufficiali di due spie italiane, Il Fascio sulle stelle di Benito Mussolini and Alienati, a novel about an inter-planetary convention of psychoanalysts.
Mongai also worked on the Italian magazine Il Falcone Maltese, dedicated to crime fiction, known in Italy as giallo.
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- List of crime writers
- List of Italian writers
- List of people from Rome
- List of science-fiction writers
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Massimo Mongai (interview in English)
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- 1950 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century Italian journalists
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- 21st-century Italian male writers
- 21st-century Italian novelists
- Italian crime fiction writers
- Italian male journalists
- Italian male novelists
- Italian science fiction writers
- Journalists from Rome
- Magazine writers