Gabriele del Grande
Born in 1982, Gabriele del Grande is a freelance journalist and writer. He graduated in 2004, with a degree in history, culture and eastern civilizations, and in 2006 he founded the observatory of victims of migration "Fortress Europe" (http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com), which soon became a reference point for national and international press. Translated into 21 languages, the website receives an average of 50,000 visits per month.
He has travelled in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Algeria, Germany, Poland and Spain for field research purposes. In 2007, he published the book "Mamadou va a morire", a report about the routes of African migration across the Mediterranean. The book won the award Premio Città di Santa Marinella, and was translated into German and Spanish.
In 2009, he published the book "Rome senza fissa dimora"; a report on homeless people in Rome, which he wrote after having spent twenty days sleeping on the streets with them. In 2010, he published his third book "Il mare di mezzo", which contains the best of his journalistic reports and inquiries concerning migration along the borders of Europe. The book has just been translated and published in Germany, and has won several awards; Premio Colomba d'Oro dell'Archivio Disarmo, Premio Uisp Mandela, Premio Ivan Bonfanti and Pro Asyl Hand.
He has travelled in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Algeria, Germany, Poland and Spain for field research purposes. In 2007, he published the book "Mamadou va a morire", a report about the routes of African migration across the Mediterranean. The book won the award Premio Città di Santa Marinella, and was translated into German and Spanish.
In 2009, he published the book "Rome senza fissa dimora"; a report on homeless people in Rome, which he wrote after having spent twenty days sleeping on the streets with them. In 2010, he published his third book "Il mare di mezzo", which contains the best of his journalistic reports and inquiries concerning migration along the borders of Europe. The book has just been translated and published in Germany, and has won several awards; Premio Colomba d'Oro dell'Archivio Disarmo, Premio Uisp Mandela, Premio Ivan Bonfanti and Pro Asyl Hand.
