Giampietro Stocco is an Italian

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 author.

Stocco was born in Rome. He got graduated from with a degree in Political Sciences at the Università di Roma "La Sapienza" with a thesis about the national and ethnic minorities in Europe

Europe

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, with a special focus on the cases of South Tyrol

South Tyrol

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 and Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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. He studied for a masters in contemporary history in Denmark

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, Odense University

Odense University

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, at Roskilde Universitetscenter and Institute of regional Studies in Aabenraa

Aabenraa

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. He lives and works in Genoa

Genoa

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, as a journalist in RAI

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, the Italian public TV-service.

Giampietro Stocco has published two novels:
Nero Italiano (2003), an uchronie in which he imagines that Italian Fascism

Italian Fascism

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 never entered World War II

World War II

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; the second is Dea del Caos (2005), the sequel

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 of Nero Italiano. In March 2006 Dea del Caos was staged in Finalborgo by the Teatro Garage of Genoa, directed by Lorenzo Costa.