Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded the 15th anniversary special Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême Festival. In 1946 Hugo Pratt became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Dino Battaglia and Damiano Damiani.
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the finest literary figures of the 20th century.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
Robert Menasse is an Austrian writer.
Lars Saabye Christensen is a Norwegian / Danish author.
Domenico Starnone is an Italian writer, screenwriter, and journalist.
Ibrahim Nasrallah, the winner of the Arabic Booker Prize (2018), was born in 1954 to Palestinian parents who were evicted from their land in Al-Burayj, Palestine in 1948. He spent his childhood and youth in a refugee camp in Jordan, and began his career as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. After returning to Amman, he worked in the media and cultural sectors till 2006 when he dedicated his life to writing. To date, he has published 15 poetry collections, 22 novels, and several other books. In 1985, he started writing the Palestinian Comedy covering 250 years of modern Palestinian history in a series of novels in which each novel is an independent one; to date 13 novels have been published in the framework of this project. Five of his novels and a volume of poetry have been published in English, nine in Persian, four works in Italian, two in Spanish, and one novel in Danish and Turkish.
William da Silva Barbosa, known as William or William Barbosa, is a Brazilian former footballer.
Daniele Del Giudice was an Italian author and lecturer. He lived in Venice, where he taught theatrical literature at the University Iuav of Venice.
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature amongst European countries, and to highlight the continent's creativity and diversity.
Daniele Antonio Forte is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club Avezzano.
Maria Luisa Gabriella Epifani, better known as Muzi Epifani, was an Italian writer and poet.
Emilio Isgrò is an Italian artist and writer, known for his use of the erasure technique in his art works.
Rodolfo Tommasi was an Italian journalist, writer, and musical and literary critic.
Giacomo Romano Davare is an Italian writer, actor, stage director and teacher.
Ettore Lo Gatto was an Italian linguist, literary historian, translator, critic and academic.
Lelio Bonaccorso, is an Italian comic artist and illustrator.
Everything Calls for Salvation is an Italian drama television series based on the novel of the same name by Daniele Mencarelli. The first season was released on Netflix on 14 October 2022.
Vincenzo Nemolato is an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles as Pirro in Alice Rohrwacher's 2023 film, La chimera, and as Riccardo Schicchi in the 2024 Netflix miniseries Supersex.
