Member Since:
Aug. 21, 2016
Pierluigi Frisco
Biography
Pierluigi Frisco holds a MSc from the University of Milan (Italy) and a PhD from Leiden University (The Netherlands). After a brief career in British academia Pierluigi, together with his wife and two children, moved back to The Netherlands and started to work in industry. His fields of expertise are computer modeling, optimization and data analytics.
When not working or playing with his children, he is probably woodworking.
When not working or playing with his children, he is probably woodworking.
Series
Coloured piets
by Pierluigi Frisco
Piets With Greasepaint
Oh Yes
The Discount
'Hello' School
The Syrian Piet
The stories in this series have been written thinking to Dutch children of at least 5 years and to people who recently moved to The Netherlands from outside Europe.
The aim of this series is to stimulate thinking and discussions on traditions, habits, stereotypes, … present in cultures and their interpretation in cultures different than the one in which they originated.
We strongly recommend reading the fictional interview in the Afterwords of 'Piets with greasepaint': it describes the author's point of view on the Dutch tradition of St. Nicolas’ black helpers, in the following referred as ‘piets’, how the idea of this series originated and what its aim is. Titles in the series are:
Piets with greasepaint
Oh, yes
The discount
Hello school
The Syrian piet
Piets With Greasepaint
Price:
Free!
Oh Yes
Price:
Free!
The Discount
Price:
Free!
'Hello' School
Price:
Free!
The Syrian Piet
Price:
Free!
Books
Chi é rimasto Chi é partito
by Pierluigi Frisco
Price:
Free!
Words: 21,830.
Language:
Italian.
Published: June 14, 2020
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Life stages / general
Questo libro contiene 7 interviste ad alunni della 5a A programmatori, la prima classe di Ragionieri Programmatori dell’Istituto Tecnico Commerciale A. De Viti De Marco di Casarano (Lecce), che nel 1989 hanno completato gli studi. Le domande in queste interviste sono simili ed hanno come fili conduttori: l’essere ragionieri programmatori, il percorso di vita ed il legame con il Salento.
The Syrian Piet
by Pierluigi Frisco
Series: Coloured piets.
Price:
Free!
Words: 350.
Language:
English.
Published: September 18, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Other
The piets receive an unexpected visit: Assad, a piet from Syria, who comes to visit while they are having lunch.
Will they let him in or not?
'Hello' School
by Pierluigi Frisco
Series: Coloured piets.
Price:
Free!
Words: 350.
Language:
English.
Published: September 18, 2016
.
Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Other
Hussein, the Turkish piet, has little troubles with interacting with Dutch: he says too often 'Hello'.
For this reason Joost, the Dutch piet, sets up a school to teach the other piets not to say 'Hello'.
The Discount
by Pierluigi Frisco
Series: Coloured piets.
Price:
Free!
Words: 350.
Language:
English.
Published: September 18, 2016
.
Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Other
Lei, the Chinese piet, learns that in The Netherlands it is not common to ask for discounts in shops.
This comes as a surprise to all piets except Joost.
Oh Yes
by Pierluigi Frisco
Series: Coloured piets.
Price:
Free!
Words: 350.
Language:
English.
Published: September 18, 2016
.
Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Other
Hussein, the Turkish piet, is confronted with an aspect of Dutch society.
He learn that giving long answers is not always the best thing to do.
Piets With Greasepaint
by Pierluigi Frisco
Series: Coloured piets.
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,560.
Language:
English.
Published: August 27, 2016
.
Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Other
This story, together with the other stories in this series, has been written thinking to Dutch children of at least 5 years and to people who recently moved to The Netherlands from outside Europe.
The present story is the prologue of the other stories in this series. Here we introduce the characters, in the following stories we let their culture meet other cultures.