Protagonists
Marco Balzano
was born in 1978 in Milan, where he resides. He has published essays and collections of poems, as well as the novels published by Sellerio Pronti a tutte le partenze (2013, Flaiano Award), L’ultimo arrivato (2014), (winner of the Volponi Award and of the third edition of the Campiello Award) and Il figlio del figlio (2016; first edition by Avagliano, 2010, Corrado Alvaro Award 2012).