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'Unità", "Avvenire", "Le Monde" and "La Nación".
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").