Peter Robb is an Australian author. He was born in the Toorak, Melbourne in 1946 and spent his formative years in both Australia and New Zealand. Between 1978 and 1992 he spent most of his time in Naples and southern Italy, interspersed with sojourns in Brazil. At the end of 1992 he returned to Sydney. Toorak is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... Sydney is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian state of New South Wales, as well as Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ...

His first book, Midnight in Sicily, was published in Australia in October 1996. It won the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for non-fiction in 1997 This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

His second book, M, a biography of the italian artist Caravaggio, was published in Australia in 1998. The book provoked controversy on its publication in Britain in 2000. M is the title of a book by Australian author Peter Robb about the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. ... Caravaggio painted by Ottavio Leoni around 1621. ...

In December 1999, he published, Pig's blood and other fluids, a collection of three crime fiction novellas. Crime Fiction (2006), a feature-length independent film, tracks the rise and fall of struggling crime novelist James Cooper. ... A novella is a short, narrative, prose fiction work. ...

In October 2003, Robb published his fourth book, A death in Brazil, which was named The Age's non-fiction book of the year for 2004. The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is composed of facts, true or untrue. ...

He has taught at the University of Melbourne, the University of Oulu in Finland and the Instituto Universitario Orientale in Naples. The University of Melbourne   The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, behind the University of Sydney, and is one of the countrys most prestigious universities. ... The University of Oulu (Oulun yliopisto in Finnish) is the second largest university in Finland. ...

External Links

• Biography of Robb
• Interview with Robb