The Inspirations of ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Author André Aciman

André Aciman might be best known for his book “Call Me by Your Name” — especially after the 2017 film adaptation starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer sealed its love story into infamy. But to his students at New York University, where he teaches graduate seminars on Proust and literary theory, Aciman would like to be seen as simply a professor. “I try not to speak about my work to my students because I don’t teach creative writing; I teach literature,” Aciman explains over the phone from his home in New York City. “And I try to keep those two aspects of my life very separate. On the other hand, I’d be an idiot if I didn’t think, here I am speaking very, very seriously about x, y and z critic and I know what they’re thinking. They’re thinking: ‘This is the guy who wrote the peach scene.’” The “Call Me by Your Name” book cover after the film, starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, was released.  Courtesy Photograph The scene he’s referring to is one from “Call Me by Your Name” in which Elio — a teenage character who’s fallen in love with the 24-year-old graduate student staying in his parents’ Italian countryside

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