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Perrotta in 2016, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Thomas R. Perrotta
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 13, 1961
Ethnicity: * father – Italian * mother – Arbëreshë/Albanian
Tom Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is known for his novels Election , Little Children , The Leftovers , Mrs. Fletcher , which have been adapted to the screen, and Tracy Flick Can’t Win . He co-wrote the film version of Little Children .
Tom’s father was an Italian emigrant, from Province of Avellino, Campania. Tom’s mother was an Albanian-Italian/Arbëreshë, with roots in the Arbëreshë town of Greci, Avellino.
He is married to Mary Granfield, and has two children.
Tom has said :
My paternal grandparents were Italian immigrants from a village near Avellino. I grew up hearing them and my dad talk Italian. My mother’s relatives were Albanians, but they, too, lived in Italy before emigrating to the States. I haven’t spent a lot of time in Italy but I feel a strong attachment to the country through my ancestors, so I hope I can spend more time there in the future.
My paternal grandparents were Italian immigrants from a village near Avellino. I grew up hearing them and my dad talk Italian. My mother’s relatives were Albanians, but they, too, lived in Italy before emigrating to the States. I haven’t spent a lot of time in Italy but I feel a strong attachment to the country through my ancestors, so I hope I can spend more time there in the future.
Sources: http://www.theguardian.com http://articles.latimes.com