Ferdinando Camon

Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer. He is married to a journalist and has two sons: Alessandro Camon, a film producer/writer who lives in Los Angeles, and Alberto, who teaches criminal procedure and lives in Bologna. He has contributed to a number of Italian and foreign daily newspapers, including La Stampa , l'Unita , Avvenire , Le Monde and La Nacion . Perhaps Camon's best known work in English is his trilogy of fictional memoirs consisting of The...See more

Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer. He is married to a journalist and has two sons: Alessandro Camon, a film producer/writer who lives in Los Angeles, and Alberto, who teaches criminal procedure and lives in Bologna. He has contributed to a number of Italian and foreign daily newspapers, including La Stampa , l'Unita , Avvenire , Le Monde and La Nacion . Perhaps Camon's best known work in English is his trilogy of fictional memoirs consisting of The Fifth Estate ( Il Quinto Stato ), Life Everlasting ( La Vita Eterna ), and Memorial ( Un altare per la madre ). See less