Patrizio Fiorilli

A dozen of years in London, a BBC journalist as well as the UK correspondent for a string of French and Belgium media. Then, a move to Brussels to work in European institutions.

A first novel in 2019 (La mort des Gaules - The death of the Gauls), a reflection on political ambition against the backdrrop of Julius Caesar's invasion of Gaul, as seen by a young, shy Gaul warrior. Loads of emotions...

("I was looking for the words with which I could slap him; Artévos would have found them, would have replied with dignity. I couldn't. I was hungry, my body hurt, I was shivering with fever, I was vanquished, I had lost my father, my wife and my child... I was nothing left but a body in pain, a long, silent, howl of death.")

A collection of short stories followed, in 2021 (Où commence la réalité - Where does reality start). 11 tales to sprinkle magic and dreamdust on our daily lives.

("We will never talk about 'out there", the other life, where we roam when awake. We will erect the most insurmountable wall between the everyday and our dreams to prevent them from crossing paths, ever.")

The second novel (Au commencement il y eut le mal - In the beginning there was evil) was released in 2022. It boils down to two questions: Why and how was Christ arrested? Why and how did Judas die? A cocktail of humour, thriller, friendship and betrayal. ("I am Greek, Khêto, drama runs through my veins like a stream in its bed!")

2023, two new books: a collection of short stories (Ce que fait le crépuscule), and a novella mixing magic, friendship and death (Un écho de jasmin).

The novella "Sauver Hitler" is released end 2024; it features two brothers faced with the cruelest dilemma.

Talk to you soon!