Mariana Chiesa Mateos was born in La Plata in 1967, where she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Plata and graduated in 1992. She worked as an illustrator for the Argentinian newspaper »Clarin« and other periodicals from 1993 before moving to Barcelona in 1997. Her
Marco Archetti was born in Brescia in 1976. His first novel, “Lola Motel”, was published in 2004. As with the following work, “Vent’anni che non dormo” (t: Twenty Years Since I’ve Slept), he depicts with grotesque exaggeration and ironic mockery an aloof romantic relationship. Archetti, who is influenced by Nabokov,
Guest at the ilb 2002 Marco Mancassola , born in 1973, lives in Padua and Rome. He began his writing career in 1996 with short stories. His first novel ‘Il modo senza di me’ appeared in Spring 2001. He is currently working as a scriptwriter. © international literature festival berlin
born in Vico Equenese, Naples, in 1986. His first novel, »Tiroide« (tr. Thyroid), was published by Gorilla Sapiens Edizioni in 2014. He lives and writes in Rome, but swears he could do it elsewhere too.
Manuele Fior, born in 1975 in the northern Italian city of Cesena, has published five substantial comic stories to date. His work, which has attracted considerable critical acclaim, has also been recognized with numerous awards. Fior turned to comics as a creative medium after completing architecture studies in Venice in
is the co-founder of European Alternatives. A long-time student of China, he initiated Transnational Dialogues, an arts exchange programme between cultural innovators in China, Brazil and Europe. He has degrees in philosophy, sociology, and Chinese studies, and is an active commentator and public speaker on European affairs.
Lorenzo Mattotti was born in Brescia in 1954. While still a student of architecture at the University of Venice he started drawing comics for magazines and publishers. After graduating from university he dedicated himself totally to this genre. Together with other Italian comics designers he founded the »Valvoline« in 1983.
Luca »Lagash« Saporiti was born in 1964 in Padua, Italy and studied politics at the University of Milan.After several years in London, which he used to gather musical and performing experience, Saporiti played bass guitar on several recordings and performances by Italian bands. From 1995 to 2008, he was a
Luca Giordano was born in 1985 in Moncalieri near Turin and studied script-writing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia at Rome’s International Film Academy. He is the author of short films that are shown at Italian and international festivals. He wrote the film script for »Il Terzo Tempo« (2013; tr.
Laura Fidaleo born in Formia in 1980, studied humanities and in a postgraduate course Dramaturgy. Her collection of poetry »Tu non sai volare e io ti guardo« (tr.: You can’t fly, and I watch you) was published in 2006, followed in 2012 by the anthology of short stories »Dammi un
László Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in Gyula, Hungary. He studied law in Szeged and Hungarian language and literature in Budapest. In 1985 his début novel »Sátántangó« (Eng. »Satantango«, 2012) appeared, which was later adapted by Krasznahorkai for Béla Tarr’s film of the same name (1994). The collaboration between the
born in Milan, Italy, studied philosophy at the elite university Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. She currently lives in Paris and is working on her doctoral thesis. She published her first novel »Etica dell’acquario« (tr. Ethics of the aquarium), in which the egocentric and unhappy heroine Gaia returns to Pisa
