Italian Studies

A Kenyon scholar and University fellow while at Brown, David Downie went on to become a multilingual Paris-based American nonfiction author, crime novelist and journalist who writes most often about culture, food and travel. His first nonfiction book in English was titled Enchanted Liguria (translated into Italian as La Liguria incantata). Other Italy-related titles include: Cooking the Roman Way and Quiet Corners of Rome.