Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher (born May 20, 1968 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian writer, storyteller and stage actor.

Biography
Ghebreigziabiher was born in Naples to an Eritrean father and an Italian mother and currently lives in Rome. There, he obtained a Computer science University degree at La Sapienza University.

He is author of novels and short stories, a professional storyteller often involved in intercultural and anti-racist education with projects and festivals.

His first book, Tramonto (Sunset), Lapis Edizioni, in 2003 was included by the International Youth Library inside The White Ravens, an annual list that includes 250 books from around the world considered especially noteworthy.

Since 2007 he was artistic director of the Italian Storytelling Festival Il dono della diversità ("The gift of diversity"), thirteenth edition in 2019.

Barry Bradford, American speaker, historian and writer who contributed to reopen the Edgar Ray Killen case, appreciated his short story Il coraggio della speranza ("The courage of hope"), about James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and wrote the preface for his book Amori diversi ("Different Loves").

In 2016 he founded the international group Storytellers for Peace, composed of artists from around the world, with the aim of creating collective videos in several languages about peace and human rights.

An excerpt from his book Tramonto (Sunset) was published in English on Afropean.com, part of The Guardian newspaper's "Africa Network".

Personal life
He is married to Cecilia Moreschi, theatre actress and drama therapist. They have two sons and live in Rome, Italy.

Novels

 * Il poeta, il santo e il navigatore (2006, Fermento Editore) ISBN 88-89207-38-8
 * L'intervallo (2008, Intermezzi Editore) ISBN 88-903576-1-4
 * La truffa dei migranti (2015, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 978-88-97309-75-8
 * Elisa e il meraviglioso mondo degli oggetti (2016, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 88-97309-87-9
 * Carla senza di Noi (2017, Graphofeel Edizioni) ISBN 88-97381-79-0
 * Lo strano vizio del professor Mann (2019, Ofelia Editrice) ISBN 88-99820-26-0
 * Matematica delle parole (2019, Toutcourt Edizioni) ISBN 88-32219-09-3
 * A morte i razzisti (2020, Oakmond Publishing) ISBN 39-62072-20-9
 * Agata nel paese che non legge (2021, NEM Editore) ISBN 978-88-88903-63-7
 * Io, Blu e Rosso (2023, Bette Edizioni) ISBN 979-12-80564-26-9

Illustrated children books

 * Tramonto (2002, Edizioni Lapis) ISBN 88-87546-60-6
 * Tra la terra e l'acqua (2008, Camelozampa Editore) ISBN 978-88-903034-2-5
 * Roba da bambini (2014, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 978-88-97309-57-4
 * Tramonto, la favola del figlio di Buio e Luce (2017, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 978-88-97309-94-9

Collected short stories

 * Mondo giovane (2006, Editrice La Ginestra) ISBN 88-8481-025-6
 * Lo scrigno cosmopolita (2006, Editrice La Ginestra) ISBN 978-88-8481-031-1
 * Il dono della diversità (2013, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 978-88-97309-34-5
 * Amori diversi (2013, Tempesta Editore) ISBN 88-97309-45-3

Non-fiction

 * Nato da un crimine contro l'umanità. Dialogo con mio padre sulle conseguenze del colonialismo italiano (2022, Tab Edizioni) ISBN 978-88-9295-611-7

Stage works

 * Tramonto (1999)
 * Robin Dream (2005)
 * La vera storia di Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, oratore della razza umana (2008)
 * Loving vs Virginia (2010)
 * Storie e Notizie (2010)
 * Nostro figlio è nato (2012)
 * Il dono della diversità (2013)
 * Roba da bambini (2014)
 * Questa è la paura (2015)
 * La truffa dei migranti (2015)
 * Quando (2016)
 * Curami (2017)
 * Le sette vite di Eva (2018)
 * Storie da pazzi di storie (2019)