Italian writer born in Bari, class 1973. Besides being Radio presenter and director of the International Exhibition in Turin since 2017 is the author of successful books. His novels, highly appreciated by the public and critics, have won several prestigious awards. Published: Three ways to get rid of Tolstoy (minimum fax 2001), West for beginners (Einaudi 2004), Bringing everything back home (Einaudi, 2009). He directs “nickel”, the Italian literature series of minimum fax. It is one of the entries in Pagina3, the daily press review of Radio3. He is one of the founders of the literary blog minimaetmoralia.com. He is one of the selectors of the Venice International Film Festival. Writes for various newspapers and magazines.