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Massimo Mongai

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Massimo Mongai
Born(1950-11-03)3 November 1950
Rome, Italy
Died1 November 2016(2016-11-01) (aged 65)
Rome, Italy
Occupationnovelist, journalist
GenreScience fiction, Crime fiction
Years active1993—2016

Massimo Mongai (3 November 1950 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian author of science fiction.[1]

Biography

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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

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In 1997, he 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. He also worked on the Italian magazine Il Falcone Maltese, dedicated to crime fiction, known in Italy as giallo.

References

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  1. ^ "È morto Massimo Mongai autore italiano di fantascienza - Wired". wired.it. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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