Gioacchino Criaco
Gioacchino Criaco is an Italian writer.
Life
Gioacchino Criaco was born in Africo, Calabria, to a family of shepherds. He went to a high school in Locri and studied laws in Bologna. He worked as a lawyer in Milan until 2008, when his literary career took off.His brother, Pietro Criaco is a member of the 'Ndrangheta and he lost his father in a vendetta in 1993.
The movie director Francesco Munzi adapted his debut novel Anime nere in 2014: ''Black Souls.''