Valerio Manfredi

Valerio Manfredi is a bestselling Italian novelist, journalist, historian, archaeologist, essayist, and writer. He is well known for writing historical fiction stories and his most popular work is the Alexander trilogy series. Manfredi was born as Valerio Massimo Manfredi on March 08, 1942, in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He obtained a degree in the subject of Classical Arts from the Bologna University and started working as an archaeologist. Manfredi was employed at Milan’s Catholic University and specialized in the Ancient World’s topography. For a period of 6 years between 1980 and 1986, Manfredi was involved in teaching archaeology at the Cattolica del Sacro University. In 1987, he joined the Venice University for an academic career. Later, he also worked at Chicago’s Loyola University, Paris’ Sorbonne University, and Milan’s Bocconi University. After a few years in the teaching profession, Manfredi’s national and international commitments grew so much that he could not continue to lecture full time.