Alessandro Defilippi is an Italian

Italy

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 writer

Writer

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Born in Turin

Turin

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, he works as a psychoanalyst. His published works include the gothic tales collection Una lunga consuetudine (Sellerio, 1994) and two novel

Novel

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s, Locus Animae (Passigli, 1999), a psychological thriller, and Angeli

Angeli (novel)

Angeli is a philosophical and gothic novel by Alessandro Defilippi.Published by Passigli , it is a gothic novel suspended between mysticism and politics, tackling humanity’s ethical and philosophical questions....

(Passigli 2002), a gothic novel with themes of mysticism

Mysticism

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, politics

Politics

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, ethics

Ethics

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 and philosophy

Philosophy

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He also worked on the screenplay for Prendimi l'anima, directed by Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza

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, and has written poetry

Poetry

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