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Mathieu Belezi

Martina Ricciardi — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:14:55 +0000

Mathieu Belezi was born in Limoges. He has taught in Louisiana and lived in Mexico, Nepal, India, and on various Greek and Italian islands. He has been dedicated to writing for over twenty years and currently divides his time between Paris and Puglia. His complete works are being published to great acclaim by Le Tripode in France. In Italy, Attaccare la terra e il sole was released by Gramma Feltrinelli in 2024, with Il passo falso di Emma Picard due out at the end of August 2025.

Cristina Bazzanella

Martina Ricciardi — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:16:53 +0000

Cristina Bazzanella, co-founder of RAMAYOGA in Milan, is a yoga instructor and trainer. Certified in Hatha, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Yoga Nidra, and Restorative Yoga, she has trained more than 150 teachers. At her school, she leads Le Chiavi dell’Inconscio, a programme that integrates Yoga Nidra with archetypal studies. A musician and researcher, she views yoga as a transformative journey. Together with Patrizia Casali, she is the co-author of Le chiavi degli dei (Il Saggiatore, 2025).

Silvia Bre

Martina Ricciardi — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:25:09 +0000

Silvia Bre made her debut in poetry in 1990 with I riposi (Rotundo). She later published several collections with Einaudi, including Le barricate misteriose (2001), Marmo (2007 – awarded, among others, the Viareggio and Mondello Prizes), La fine di quest’arte (2015), and Le campane (2022). Her work as a translator includes versions of Emily Dickinson’s poems, now collected in a single volume edited by Sara De Simone (Poesie, Einaudi, 2023).

Irene Borgna

Festival della Mente — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:36:21 +0000

Irene Borgna moved from the sea to the Maritime Alps after a degree in Philosophy and a doctorate in Alpine anthropology. Today she lives and works in the mountains and writes about mountains. She has published “ll pastore di stambecchi” (Ponte alle Grazie, 2018), “Sulle Alpi” (Editoriale Scienza, 2020), “Cieli neri” (Ponte alle Grazie, 2021), “Manuale per giovani stambecchi” (Salani, 2022).

Zeinab Badawi

Festival della Mente — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:22:06 +0000

Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese presenter, journalist and filmmaker. President of the Royal African Society from 2014 to 2021, she is President of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. She works in the British media and has won numerous awards and accolades. Her latest book is “An African History of Africa” (WH Allen, 2024; translated also into Italian and published in Italy by Rizzoli).
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Agnese Baruzzi

Festival della Mente — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:11:52 +0000

Agnese Baruzzi has always loved books. She graduated in Graphic Design from ISIA in Urbino and collaborates as an illustrator and author with various publishers in Italy and abroad. She has published more than a hundred books, including “Viaggio nello spazio” (Lapis, 2021), “Trasformacorpo” (Lapis, 2023), “15 cose che posso fare per il mio pianeta” (Editoriale Scienza, 2023). She conducts workshops for children and adults in schools, libraries, and bookstores.

BLASTULA.scarnoduo

Festival della Mente — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:40:14 +0000

BLASTULA.scarnoduo was founded in 2006 by Cristiano Calcagnile (drummer, percussionist and composer) and Monica Demuru (vocalist performer, actress and playwright). The duo proposes a multilingual sound path with a focus on the relationship between writing and improvisation, dramaturgy and pure sound. Their main performances include AmbriaJazz, Festival Mundus (Casalgrande), Angelo Mai (Rome), Santarcangelo Festival, Stanze Festival (Milan), Mulab-Win Jazz (Rome, Croatia, Poland), NovaraJazz, Teatro Villa Doria-Pamphilj (Rome).

Cristina Bellemo

Festival della Mente — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:11:48 +0000

Cristina Bellemo has a degree in Ancient Greek, is a journalist and author and has won numerous literary prizes, including the Andersen Award as best writer in 2021. Her publications include: Due ali (Topipittori, 2016), Vocine vocione e Amelia (Il Castoro, 2020), Pieno vuoto (Topipittori, 2020), Casa toracica (Anima Mundi, 2020), Il paese degli elenchi (Topipittori, 2021), Come fa il bosco e Come fa il corpo (Il Castoro, 2022).

Isadora Bucciarelli

Festival della Mente — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:56:46 +0000

Isadora Bucciarelli is a set designer, illustrator and paper artist, and has worked at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Thanks to the Flatopolis project, she has numerous collaborations with institutions and museums to set up exhibitions and create educational activities, illustrations, and paper toys in which she creates three-dimensional cities from the flat surface of the paper.

Veronica Barassi

Festival della Mente — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:12:01 +0000

Veronica Barassi researches and writes about the impact of data technologies and artificial intelligence on human rights and democracy. She is an anthropologist, and Professor in Media and Communication Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen, as well as the Chair of Media and Culture in the Institute of Media and Communications Management. Her previous research focused on social media and political campaigning and the question about digital citizenship. She is the author of Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism (Routledge, 2015).