Massimo Mongai (3 November 1950 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian author of

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Biography

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

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and

Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Obituary. Farmer is best known for his sequences of novels, especially the ''World of Tiers ...

and the crime writers

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and

Andrea Camilleri Andrea Calogero Camilleri (; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer. Biography Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti, Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Palermo, b ...

Works

In 1997, he wrote ''Memorie di un cuoco d'astronave''. This blend of space saga and cooking manual won Italy's

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. 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

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Massimo Mongai
(Interview in English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mongai, Massimo 1950 births 2016 deaths Writers from Rome Italian science fiction writers 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers 21st-century Italian novelists Italian male novelists 21st-century Italian male writers