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Massimo Citi (born 1955) is an Italian science fiction writer and reviewer. He was born in Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy, and has published a number of stories on various magazines and anthologies. He is a co-editor of the literary magazine LN LibriNuovi , a co-editor of the yearly anthology, Fata Morgana, and manages a bookstore.
He won the Premio Omelas 2002 which Amnesty International Italia devoted to science fiction and human rights.
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