Amara Lakhous

Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. His first novel, “Le cimici e il pirata” (“Bedbugs and the Pirate”), was published in 1999, followed by “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio,” winner of Italy’s prestigious Flaiano prize. His latest book is “The Prank of the Little Virgin in Via Ormea,” which is described as “a fun and farcical… ‘whodunit’ about life in multicultural Italy.” Lakhous has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome.