Alain Elkann
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Alain Elkann
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| Born |
March 23, 1950 New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality |
American Italian French |
| Period | 1990–2000 |
| Genre | fiction, historical, sociological |
| Spouse | Margherita Agnelli (m.1975-div.1981) Rosy Greco (m.2002-div.2009) |
| Children |
Lapo Elkann John Elkann Ginevra Elkann |
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Alain Elkann (born March 23, 1950) is an American novelist, intellectual, and journalist. Currently, Elkann is the conductor of cultural programs on Italian television. A recurring theme in his books is the history of the Jews in Italy, their centrality to Italian history, and the relation between the Jewish faith and other religions. He is a writer for La Règle du Jeu, Nuovi Argomenti, "A" and Shalom magazines.
Elkann was born in New York City, to a wealthy and influential family. His Italian Jewish mother, Carla Ovazza, is from the influential Turinese Ovazza banking family (who had been early financers of Benito Mussolini), while his father, Jean-Paul Elkann, was a French Jewish industrialist, the Chairman of Dior and the President of the Israelite Central Consistory of France, responsible for appointing the Chief-Rabbis of France. The family returned to Italy soon after his birth. He was a collaborator of important Italian writers such as Alberto Moravia and Indro Montanelli. He wrote novels, essays and articles, among which are a book he co-wrote with Italian Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff (former religious leader in Rome) called How to be a Jew and other works and a book of conversation with him called The Messiah and the Jews (Il Messia e gli ebrei). He has also published a book with Milan archbishop Carlo Maria Martini, as well as a book about Islam with Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. Elkann argues that all Jews should develop a strong connection to Israel.
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