John Dickie (novelist)

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John Dickie (* 1963 in Dundee ) is a British journalist , historian and Romance philologist who works as a professor at University College London . Above all, his works on the history and culture of Italy are known .

Life

Dickie was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963 and grew up in Leicestershire . After completion of the Loughborough Grammar School , he received a place at Pembroke College of Oxford University , where he remained until 1986 successfully Modern Languages studied. He then obtained his Master of Arts and finally DPhil at Sussex University . Dickie has been teaching at University College in London since 1993, where he has since been appointed Professor of Italian Studies. His main research interests are southern Italy , Italian national identities and social theories, the cultural history of liberal Italy, organized crime ( Mafia ) and Italian cuisine .

In addition to his university work, John Dickie is also a journalist and author in Italy and the UK. In 1999 his first book Darkest Italy was published. The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno . His second work, Cosa Nostra. A History of the Sicilian Mafia, about the history of the Mafia, won the 2004 Dagger Award for best non-fiction book in crime fiction . Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and their Food , a work on Italian cuisine, received a recommendation from the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards in 2007 .

In 2005 he was appointed Commendatore des Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana by the President of the Italian Republic for his services .

John Dickie is married to the author Sarah Penny. The couple have two children and live in London.

Fonts

  • 1999: Darkest Italy. The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900
  • 2004: Cosa Nostra. A History of the Sicilian Mafia (German: Cosa Nostra - Die Geschichte der Mafia ) ( reading sample )
  • 2007: Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and their Food (German: Delizia! The Italians and their cuisine )
  • 2008: Una catastrofe patriottica. 1908: il terremoto di Messina
  • 2011: Blood Brotherhoods: the Rise of the Italian Mafias (German: Omertà: the whole story of the Mafia - Camorra, Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta ) ( table of contents and foreword of the German edition )
  • 2015: Foreword . In: Umberto Santino: Mafia and Antimafia. A brief history. IBTauris, London / New York 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Dickie, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Romance studies and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee