Interview: Andre Aciman, author, Call Me by Your Name – ‘The personal doesn’t have to be autobiographical’
While reading about you, I noticed that some people describe you as Egyptian American, others call you Italian American, and some introduce you as Jewish American. What resonates most with you? Yes, it’s a bit funny, isn’t it? First of all, I was born in Egypt but I was never Egyptian. I became Italian when I was probably 10 or 11 years old, and I didn’t even know Italian at the time that we became Italian. And then I lived in Italy but eventually my Italian citizenship lapsed entirely. I can no longer retrieve it since…