Richard Ford, born in 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, is considered one of the greatest contemporary American writers. With Independence Day (1995; Feltrinelli, 1996), he won the two most prestigious American literary awards, the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Born in Venice in 1944, he is a philosopher and university professor. After earning a degree in philosophy with a thesis on Lukács, he taught at several Italian universities and founded the Faculty of Philosophy at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.
Filippo Uttinacci, known as Fulminacci, was born in Rome in 1997. He released his debut album La vita veramente in 2019, winning the Targa Tenco award for best debut work.