Aleksandr Ivanovič Kuprin (1870 -1938) was a Russian writer. Since young, he started the military career, which he left soon after. His first novels, such as The duel (1905) deal with military life considered from a critical viewpoint. Among his most beloved, inspiring authors are Rudyard Kipling and Jack London. After the Russian revolution, he moved to Paris where he lived nearly until his death.
Hélène Gaudy was born in Paris in 1979. She comes from a visual art background and she investigates the relation between text and image as well as how places influence storytelling. After her first novel, Vues sur la mer, which was selected by Prix Médicis in 2006, she has worked on several editorial projects. She published novels (Si rien ne bouge, Le Rouergue, 2009, Plein hiver, Actes Sud, 2014), children’s books (Quand j’étais cagibi, Le Rouergue, 2013) and art books.
Kurt Vonnegut is a unique voice in the American literary canon. He was born in 1922 in Indianapolis, and studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Tennessee. In the Second World War, he became a German prisoner of war and was present during the bombing of Dresden. This experience provided inspiration for his most successful and influential novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote extensively in many forms, including novels, short stories, essays, plays, articles, speeches, and correspondence, some of which was published posthumously.
Geena Forrest is graduated in forestry and environmental sciences; she is specialized in writing very serious analysis about greenhouse gas emissions but she has always fostered her passion for insects and plants, that she draws for scientific purpose. Since 2008 she performs picture book readings at Montebelluna library and she’s attended Sarmede School of Illustration and Atelier in Padua. She lives in a hornbeam and chestnut tree forrest, with a bearded scientist and two adorable little wild ones.
Cristina Portolano nasce a Napoli nel 1986. Dopo il liceo artistico, studia a Bologna all'Accademia di Belle Arti. Dopo l'Erasmus a Parigi, all' École nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif, si appassiona alla grafica d'arte e all'incisione. Oggi, disegna storie a fumetti, è illustratrice, insegna educazione artistica alle scuole medie e tiene laboratori di disegno e arte murale.
Arianna Squilloni è nata e cresciuta in Italia. Da più di tredici anni, vive a Mataró, una cittadina vicino a Barcellona, in Spagna. Qui ha fondato la casa editrice A Buen Paso, che pubblica libri per l'infanzia, fra Spagna e America Latina. Appassionata di linguistica, nel tempo libero studia le lingue straniere (ora tocca al cinese), scrive articoli, organizza laboratori, corsi e partecipa a conferenze. Ha pubblicato alcuni libri in Spagna e all'estero. L'estate e tutto il resto segna il suo esordio nella narrativa.
Giuseppe Caliceti has been working as a primary school teacher in Reggio Emilia for over thirty years. He wrote many books for children, young and adult readers. In 2003 he was awarded Elsa Morante - L’Isola di Arturo prize. He is founder and in charge of Baobab - Casa della letteratura italiana per ragazzi, an association from Reggio Emilia that organizes lectures of the main Italian literature authors to students ranging from kindergarten to primary, secondary, high school and college.
Andrea Nante is an Art historian. Since 2000, he is director of Museo Diocesano in Padua. From 1996 to 1999 he worked at the Andrea Palladio International Centre for Architectural Studies, in Vicenza. He was teacher of Ancient and Medieval Art History at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara.