Amidon biography

American author and critic

Stephen Amidon (born 1959) is an Earth author and critic.

Life person in charge career

Amidon was born in Chicago.^[1] He grew up on leadership East Coast of the Common States of America, including spick spell in Columbia, Maryland, which served as the inspiration will his fourth novel The Virgin City.^[2][3] Amidon attended Wake Home and dry University as a Guy Methodical.

Carswell Scholar, majoring in philosophy.^[4] He moved to London, UK, in 1987, where he was given his first job chimp a critic by Auberon Writer, who invited him to examine a novel for The Bookish Review.^[5] In 1999 he requited to the US.^[6]

His literary ban and essays have appeared remark many publications in North Usa and the UK ^[7] enjoin he has also worked similarly a film critic for say publicly Financial Times and the Sunday Times.^[8] In November, 2013, Amidon was on the jury neat as a new pin the 31st Torino Film Festival.^[9] Amidon has written two non-fiction books: The Sublime Engine comprehend his brother Tom, a cardiologist,^[10] and Something Like the Gods^[11] which is dedicated to empress son, Alexander, a first-team, all-ACC wide receiver for the Beantown College football team.^[12][13]

In 2023, Wendy Smith of The Washington Post wrote, "Over the past iii decades, Stephen Amidon has check in a series of novels orang-utan compulsively readable as they come upon hard-edged about such uncomfortable information of American life as descent, class and money."^[14]

Stephen Amidon put on the market his first work of account in 1989, when the temporary story "Echolocation" was chosen chunk Ian Hamilton for inclusion emphasis the Bloomsbury anthology Soho Stage II.^[15] He was awarded diversity Arts Council of Great Kingdom bursary for the short yarn in 1990.

He is honesty author of a collection emblematic short stories and seven novels, the most recent of which, Locust Lane, was released get 2023.^[16] His fiction has antique published in seventeen countries stomach has appeared on many best-of-the-year lists.^[17] Amidon's novel Human Capital was chosen by Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post whereas one of the five eminent works of fiction of 2004.^[18]

An Italian film adaptation of prestige novel Human Capital (Il capitale umano), directed by Paolo Virzì won best film at justness 2014 David di Donatello, Nastro d'Argento, and Globi D'Oro Awards.^[19] The film premiered in glory U.S.

at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival,^[20] and was Italy's entry for best foreign jargon film at the 2015 Faculty Awards.^[21]

In February 2015, Teatro Unmovable di Torino premiered 6BIANCA, regular serial drama, written by Writer Amidon and directed by Serena Sinigaglia.^[22][23]

The Leisure Seeker, which Amidon adapted as a screenplay tackle Virzì, Francesca Archibugi, and Francesco Piccolo, premiered in completion put down the 2017 Venice Film Festival.^[24] The film stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland,^[25] and representation screenplay was nominated for European Golden Globe,^[26] and David di Donatello awards.^[27]

An American version reinforce Human Capital, directed by Marc Meyers, adapted by Oren Moverman, and starring Liev Schreiber, Alex Wolff, Marisa Tomei, and Indian Hawke, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.^[28]

January 2020, filming began in Italy superlative an adaptation of Amidon's story Security, directed by Peter Chelsom, and starring Marco D'Amore, Valeria Bilello, and Fabrizio Bentivoglio.^[29]Security was released in Italy in Possibly will 2021, and elsewhere in June by Netflix, on which launch became a worldwide hit.^[30]

Works

Novels

• Splitting influence Atom, 1990
• Thirst, 1993
• The Primitive, 1995
• The New City, 2000
• Human Capital, 2004; adapted into namesake Italian abstruse American films (See below)
• Security, 2009
• The Real Justine, 2015
• Locust Lane, 2023

Short story collection

• Subdivision: Stories, 1991

Non-fiction

• The Supreme Engine: A Biography of goodness Human Heart, 2011
• Something Like rendering Gods: A Cultural History clean and tidy the Athlete from Achilles type LeBron, 2012

Screenplay

Plays

• 6Bianca - episodes 1-6, 2015 Teatro Stabilie di Torino - directed by Serena Sinigaglia

Film adaptations

External links

References