From early writings to collaboration with the Corriere della Sera In 2003, Scurati published the essay
Guerra. Narrazioni e culture nella tradizione occidentale, which was a finalist for the
Viareggio Prize. In 2009, Scurati published
Il bambino che sognava la fine del mondo, a novel that mixes reality and fiction and is fierce criticism of
mass media and the
information economy as a whole. where he criticized Scurati for having "retouched the history" with his novel. and Scurati commented: "I dedicate the victory to our grandfathers and fathers, who were first seduced and then oppressed by fascism, especially those among them who found the courage to fight it with weapons in hand. I would also like to dedicate the award to our children, with the hope that they will not have to go back to experiencing what we experienced a hundred years ago, especially to my daughter Lucia." when it was being translated into more than 40 languages. The English translation by
Anne Milano Appel was published by
Harper on 5 April 2022. Also in 2022 it was announced that a production for
a television series adaptation was under way, produced by Sky Original and directed by
Joe Wright, with
Luca Marinelli as Mussolini, and scheduled for release in 2024. In September 2020, ''M. L'uomo della provvidenza
, the second volume of the quartet was published. recounting his liberticidal politics and the fierce power struggles and ideological battles of the National Fascist Party. and was awarded the 2022 European Book Prize. In September 2022, the third volume of the series was released, M. Gli ultimi giorni dell'Europa'', which follows the fateful years from 1938 to 1940 that would lead to
Italy's entry into World War II. by 2022 was expanded as a tetralogy. In October 2022, Scurati commented: "At this point it is clear that I will need a fourth and perhaps a fifth to complete the story." In October 2023, about the TV series adaptation, Scurati commented: "It will have black comedy tones. But Mussolini is not a hero." About the making of the script, he said: "The book was successful, many politicians keep it on their bedside table. But in the writing of the screenplay there were moments of disagreement, even conflict." In April 2025, the fifth and final volume of the series was released,
M. La fine e il principio. After the results of the
2022 Italian general election showed that
Brothers of Italy (FdI), a political party with roots dating back to the
Italian Social Movement that was founded by
neo-fascists and Mussolini's followers after
World War II, was the most voted and largest party in the
Italian Parliament, Scurati described FdI leader and future Italian prime minister
Giorgia Meloni as an "heir of Mussolini". For the 25 April celebrations (
Liberation Day) of the
Italian resistance movement to Nazi–fascism in 2024, Scurati was scheduled to deliver a monologue for the Italian public television
RAI, warning that "the specter of fascism haunts the house of Italian democracy". He was subsequently removed from the
Rai 3 programme
Chesarà... hosted by Serena Bertone, who criticized the government's choice and said no explanation was given. This prompted criticism from parts of the Italian press, which published his monologue, and outcry from the opposition, as well as censorship accusations, which were denied by the
Meloni government and RAI. In a letter published by
La Repubblica, Scurati responded to Meloni, who had published his monologue, describing it as violence: "Questa, gentile Presidente, è una violenza. Non fisica, certo, ma pur sempre una violenza. È questo il prezzo che si deve pagare oggi nella sua Italia per aver espresso il proprio pensiero?" ("This, dear President, is violence. Not physical, of course, but nevertheless violence. Is this the price that must be paid today in your Italy for expressing one's thoughts?") == Personal life ==