mary karr
helen oyeyemi
francesca lo schiavo
zadie smith
20
23
adam johnson
/CA
PRI
daniel libeskind
paul auster
joyce carol oates
anna funder
hanif kureishi
mario martone
gary shteyngart
sandro veronesi
david leavitt
philip gourevitch
Guido Calabresi
20
22
daniel libeskind
patrick mcgrath
Joshua Cohen
valerio magrelli
joshua ferris
Katie Kitamura
/NY
salman rushdie
Katie Kitamura
John Banville
michael ondaatje
Emanuele Trevi
Helena Janeczek
Igiaba Scego
antonio franchini
patti smith
20
21
martin amis
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
don delillo
jonathan safran foer
michael cunningham
a.m. homes
phil jackson
dante ferretti
donna tartt
francesco clemente
Antonio Scurati
Annalena Benini
annie proulx
Chiara Valerio
/RO
MA
Mary Karr
20
20
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Pascal Bruckner
Colm Tóibín
Andrew Sean Greer
Margo Jefferson
John Banville
jonathan galassi
Marina Sagona
giovanna calvino
Candice Carty-Williams
colum mccann
Piera Degli Esposti
jonathan lethem
Ta-Nehisi Coates
meryl streep
jhumpa lahiri
20
19
nicole krauss
nathan englander
ian mcewan
/NA
ethan coen
patti smith
edna o'brien
kwame anthony appiah
lila azam zanganeh
marco bellocchio
marina abramovic
John Patrick Shanley
alessandro piperno
paul auster
pierluigi battista
donato carrisi
20
18
salman rushdie
jonathan demme
erica jong
walter veltroni
giuliano ferrara
A.O. Scott
chimamanda ngozi adichie
jeffrey eugenides
Frank Miller
adam gopnik
garth risk hallberg
Massimiliano Virgilio
20
17
ian buruma
/
WA
Valerio Magrelli
mario desiati
erica jong
larissa macfarquhar
Maaza Mengiste
jonathan franzen
niccolò ammaniti
Judith Thurman
francesco piccolo
marilynne robinson
Melania Mazzucco
claire messud
jeffrey eugenides
nathan englander
20
16
Melania Mazzucco
Jovanotti
paolo mieli
e.l. doctorow
leonardo colombati
stephen sondheim
edoardo albinati
Molly Haskell
maurizio de giovanni
/VE
cathleen schine
Ian Buruma
jonathan franzen
jonathan safran foer
david mamet
20
15
gian arturo ferrari
Hari Kunzru
Howard Jacobson
adam haslett
rachel kushner
david remnick
Roberta Lena
Laurie Anderson
renzo piano
kwame anthony appiah
Anthony Fauci
/PA
RIS
Charmaine Wilkerson
paolo virzì
philippe claudel
michael chabon
20
14
Matteo Garrone
Brian Selznick
philip gourevitch
Vanessa Roghi
Sean Price Williams
ann patchett
angelo panebianco
diego de silva
martin amis
siri hustvedt
elif batuman
Teresa Ciabatti
/CL
UP
paola cortellesi
Margo Jefferson
Leslie Jamison
chuck palahniuk
20
13
pupi avati
nicola piovani
federico rampini
Edith Bruck
Leslie Jamison
Stuart Klawans
Ari Aster
Maaza Mengiste
colson whitehead
Olivier Guez
alessandro baricco
/BG
TA
gay talese
20
12
paolo giordano
Pierfrancesco Favino
mark di suvero
isabella rossellini
marlon james
Atticus Lish
Noah Baumbach
Roberto Ando'
jamaica kincaid
Alessandro Piperno
Francesco Piccolo
jay mcinerney
Salman Rushdie
Francesca Zambello
benjamin taylor
20
11
cristina comencini
patrick mcgrath
david foster wallace
elizabeth strout
Antonio Spadaro
a.m. homes
/PL
RM
stefan merrill block
hanan al-shaykh
Michael Barker
Nathan Englander
Leah Hager Cohen
patti lupone
paul auster
Greta Gerwig
20
10
Luigi Guarnieri
Nicole Krauss
dave eggers
stephen sondheim
louise erdrich
don delillo
gay talese
daniel mendelsohn
Abigail Dean
jay mcinerney
phillip lopate
Adam Gopnik
Francesco Vezzoli
Paolo Giordano
20
09
Vittorio Storaro
Amitav Ghosh
elisabetta rasy
sergio castellitto
Marisa Silver
Gaetano Cappelli
gaetano cappelli
walter siti
jhumpa lahiri
david byrne
wole soyinka
miriam toews
isabella rossellini
20
08
elizabeth strout
siri hustvedt
valeria luiselli
Eraldo Affinati
colum mc cann
Daniel Libeskind
Francesco Vezzoli
mary karr
ayelet waldman
julie mehretu
Susanna Tamaro
roberto andò
Marco Ferrante
vendela vida
Mattia Feltri
20
07
teju cole
paolo sorrentino
Domenico Starnone
Chiara Gamberale
julie taymor
adam gopnik
jeffrey eugenides
dacia maraini
brian selznick
michael cunningham
Giuliano Sangiorgi
claudio magris
junot díaz
ian buruma
zadie smith
liliana cavani
20
06
Giuliano da Empoli
emma cline
judith thurman
gay talese
fran lebowitz
david sedaris
margaret mazzantini
roberto saviano
george saunders
A.O. Scott
john turturro
paul schrader
sandro veronesi
ben lerner
daniel mendelsohn
ernesto galli della loggia
Nadia Terranova
toni servillo
karan mahajan