About the Author

LEONARDO COLOMBATI (Rome) was born in Rome, Italy, in 1970. His first novel, Perceber (2005) was followed by Rio (2007), Il re (2009) and 1960 (2014). Colombati is the editor of the massive anthology Italian Songs 1861 2011: History and Lyrics (2011). He is on the editorial staff of Nuovi Argomenti, the most important Italian literary review, and writes for Il Corriere della Sera, Vanity Fair, and Il Sole 24 Ore. In 2015 he founded a creative writing school in Rome, Molly Bloom. He is member of Pen Club Italiano.