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Pellicanolibri editions was created with the help of some academics: Gastone Manacorda, Giuseppe Barone, Antonino Recupero, Salvatore Lupo. It isn't born with the only purpose of publishing, but with the strong and specific intent to introduce in Italy (up to 85 in Sicily), Italian and foreign authors.
From 1978 to 1996, the contribution of Dario Bellezza, gives life to the series Inediti rari e diversi, with authors like Angelo Maria Ripellino, Anna Maria Ortese, Alberto Moravia. Public, among others, books by Fernando Arrabal, Arnoldo Foà, Ruggero Orlando, Melo Freni, Luce d'Eramo, Federico de Roberto, Antonio Uccello, Stefano Bottari, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Léo Ferré, Goliarda Sapienza, Gregory Corso, Adele Cambria, Giacinto Spagnoletti, Mario Vargas Llosa.
Pellicanolibri was the first publishing house in Italy to publish Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (author later become famous as a writer of thrillers). In 1992, continued the business with a great cultural center and bookstore (directed by his son Dante) in a suburb of Rome. In 2008, Pellicanolibri public another work by Fernando Arrabal La scampagnata.
Michele Placido is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film Ernesto. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series La piovra (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, Pummarò, was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.
The Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. It has been awarded annually since 1947 for the best work of prose fiction written in the Italian language by an author of any nationality and first published between 1 May of the previous year and 30 April.
Dario Bellezza was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes.
The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary prize that is awarded annually to Italian writers. The prize originated among patrons of Milan's Bagutta Ristorante. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli discovered the restaurant and soon he regularly gathered numerous friends who would dine there together and discuss books. They began charging fines to the person who arrived last to an appointed meal, or who failed to appear.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Vincenzo Jannacci, more commonly known as Enzo Jannacci, was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene.
Arnoldo Foà was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014.
Beppe Costa is an Italian poet, novelist and publisher.
Il domestico is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Excellent Cadavers is a 1999 television film directed by Ricky Tognazzi.
Paolo Poli was an Italian theatre actor. He has also acted in films and on television.
Mauro Macario is an Italian poet, essayist and director.
Giorgio Orelli was an Italian-speaking Swiss poet, writer and translator.
Enzo Carnebianca, is a sculptor and painter born in Rome Italy.
Carlo Cataldo was an Italian historian, poet, and teacher.
Luigi Origene Soffrano, better known by his stage name Jimmy il Fenomeno was an Italian actor who played supporting roles within the Italian cinema.
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