Tonino Benacquista
- Category : 1961-births
- Type : GE
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (26,28,34,46)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Planning 3
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Biography
French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter.
He wrote the novel Malavita (Badfellas for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film by Relativity Media and EuropaCorp titled The Family; it was released on 13 September 2013 in North America.
His awards include the 1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for La Commedia des ratés; the 1998 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award for L'Outremangeur; the 2001 César Award for Best Writing for Sur mes lèvres, shared with Jacques Audiard; and the 2005 César Award for Best Writing – Adapted, for The Beat That My Heart Skipped, shared with Jacques Audiard.