Alessandro Baricco
Born in Turin in 1958, he has adegree in Philosophy. His love for music and literature has always inspired his work as writer.
Among his recent books: Emmaus (Feltrinelli, 2009), Mr Gwyn (Feltrinelli, 2011), Tre volte all’alba (Feltrinelli, 2012), Una certa idea di mondo (Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso, 2012; Feltrinelli, 2013), Palladium Lectures (2 dvd + libro; Feltrinelli, 2013), Smith&Wesson (2014), La sposa giovane (2015), Il nuovo Barnum (2016), Seta (2016; illustrated by Rebecca Dautremer).
In 1994 he has created and founded Scuola Holden, a creative writing school in Turin, where he serves as Dean.