Ciro Ascione

Ciro Ascione (Torre del Greco, 27 April 1968) is an Italian essayist and media scholar. After graduating in literature and philosophy, in 1996 he published his first book, La grande bottega degli orrori - Le ossessioni commerciabili di Stephen King, a reworking of his degree thesis devoted to the well-known American writer. In the same year he published the biographical essay Marilyn Monroe, while in 1999 he released Videogames - Elogio del tempo sprecato, the result of his personal passion for video games.

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