Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano (Italian: [roˈbɛrto saˈvjaːno]; born 22 September 1979) is an Italian writer, essayist, journalist, and screenwriter. In his writings, including articles and his book Gomorrah, he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of organized crime in Italy, in particular the Camorra crime syndicate, and of organized crime more generally. After receiving death threats in 2006 made by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, a clan which he had denounced in his exposé and in the piazza of Casal di Principe during a demonstration in defence of legality, Saviano was put under a strict security protocol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Saviano has received more than 891,246 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Saviano is the 4,442nd most popular writer (down from 3,413th in 2019), the 3,264th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,717th in 2019) and the 236th most popular Italian Writer.