Walter Siti was born in Modena in 1947 and lives in Milan. He is a writer, essayist, literary critic and television writer. He has taught at the universities of Pisa, Cosenza and L’Aquila. He was professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and edited the complete works of Pier Paolo Pasolini for Mondadori’s “I Meridiani” series.
Gabriele Salvatores, born in Naples in 1950, is a film director and screenwriter. After his early career at the Teatro dell’Elfo, he made his cinematic debut with Dream of a Summer Night (1983).