Allexander Stillé is an American author and journalist. He graduated from Yale and later the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ...

He has written many articles on the subject of Italy, in particular its politics and the Mafia. Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... The Sicilian Mafia (also referred to simply as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra), is a criminal secret society of men which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...

His first book, "Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism", was chosen by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of 1992 and received the Los Angeles Times book award. The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS) is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

In 1995 he wrote "Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic", an investigation into the Sicilian Mafia in the latter-half of the twentieth century and in particular the events leading up to the major crackdown against the criminal organization in the 1990s following the bloodthirsty reign of Salvatore Riina. The book was dedicated to the memory of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. The events outlined in the book were made into a 1999 movie of the same name. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Excellent Cadavers is a documentary on judge Giovanni Falcones fight against the Mafia in Sicily and his assassination on his way from Palermo Airport. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Salvatore Riina Salvatore Riina, also known as Totò Riina (born November 16, 1930) is one of the most infamous members of the Sicilian Mafia. ... Giovanni Falcone. ... Paolo Borsellino (January 19, 1940 Palermo - July 19, 1992 Palermo) was an Italian anti-mafia judge. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2003 he wrote "The Future of the Past", about the efforts to preserve historical monuments and documentary evidence of ancient times. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006 he wrote "The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History and a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berlusconi", about Silvio Berlusconi. 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stille also writes for The Boston Globe, The New York Times and The New Yorker. The Boston Globe is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...

For a short time, Stille lived in Milan, Italy, but currently resides in New York City and is the San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia. He was married to poet Lexi Rudnitsky until her death in January 2005. They had one son, Samuel, who was born in October 2004. Milano redirects here. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

External links

• Alexander Stille discusses, Preserving the Past, the Impossible and Necessary Task, at the Carnegie Council
• Transcript of an interview with Stille from PBS