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Antonella Capetti

Festival della Mente — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:57:55 +0000

Antonella Capetti designs editorial and educational projects and teaches in primary schools. Her passion for reading and picture books has shaped her career, which she approaches with a practical, hands-on methodology and a commitment to sharing her work. She is the author of several essays, including A scuola con gli albi. Insegnare con la bellezza delle parole e delle immagini (Topipittori, 2018), In classe con gli albi illustrati (co-authored with Sandra Minciotti, Sanoma, 2024), and Se vivi sulla terra (Il Castoro, 2025).

Marianna Coppo

Elena — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 07:35:24 +0000

Marianna Coppo was born and lives in Rome, where she writes and illustrates picture books with the “assistance” of her two cats. Her works include Petra (Lapis, 2016), translated into 14 languages and named a Kirkus Best Picture Book in 2018; Il mio peggior giorno preferito (Nord-Sud Edizioni, 2023); Un Coso (Uppa Edizioni, 2023); Fish and Crab (Chronicle Books, 2023), selected as an Indigo Best Children’s Book 2023; and Il libro che ti legge nella mente (Quinto Quarto Edizioni, 2024).

Angelo Carotenuto

Martina Ricciardi — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:15:42 +0000

Angelo Carotenuto is a journalist who has written extensively on football, literature, music, and cinema. He is the author of several novels, including Dove le strade non hanno nome (Ad est dell’equatore, 2013), and, with Sellerio, Le canaglie (2020), Viva il lupo (2024), and La grammatica del bianco (2025), set at Wimbledon in 1980 and winner of the Selezione Bancarella Sport Prize (Rizzoli, 2014). He also wrote and directed the documentary C’era una volta Gioânn – 100 anni di Gianni Brera (Sky Arte, 2019).

Patrizia Casali

Martina Ricciardi — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:17:50 +0000

Patrizia Casali, yoga instructor and co-founder of TwoSlowSouls, a slow living initiative, holds a degree in biomedical engineering and is currently completing a degree in psychology, with a focus on archetypal psychoanalysis. At RAMAYOGA, she leads the Le Chiavi dell’Inconscio training programme, which combines Yoga Nidra with mythology, shamanism, and Jungian symbolism. She is co-author, with Cristina Bazzanella, of Le chiavi degli dei (Il Saggiatore, 2025).

Loredana Cirillo

Festival della Mente — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:22:54 +0000

Loredana Cirillo, psychologist and psychotherapist, is a member of the Minotauro Institute, where she serves as a lecturer and member of the Scientific Committee of the School of Specialization. She also teaches at the Department of Psychology at the University of Milan-Bicocca. Among her publications: “L’adolescente. Psicopatologia e psicoterapia evolutiva” (with M. Lancini, T. Scodeggio, T. Zanella, Cortina, 2020); “Figli di internet” (with M. Lancini, Erickson, 2022); “Soffrire di adolescenza. Il dolore muto di una generazione” (Cortina, to be printed, 2024)..

Chicco Cerea

Festival della Mente — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:39:11 +0000

Chicco Cerea grew up in the kitchens of the first “Da Vittorio” restaurant in Bergamo, Italy, under the expert guidance of his parents. He gained experience in the world's most renowned restaurants, before returning to the three Michelin star “Da Vittorio”, in the Olympus of restaurants since 2010 and a benchmark for gourmets. He had the honour of cooking for some of the World’s greatest personalities including Bill Clinton, the Queen of England and Barack Obama.

Francesca Cappelletti

Festival della Mente — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:23:28 +0000

Francesca Cappelletti is director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome. She studied at the Sapienza University of Rome, at the Warburg Institute in London, where she was later Frances Yates Fellow, and at the Collège de France in Paris. She has taught History of Modern Art and History of the Art of European Countries in Italian universities, most recently as full professor at the University of Ferrara. He has curated several exhibitions in Italy and abroad. He has published a volume on the Mattei collection “(Il trattamento dei virtuosi”, with L. Testa, Argos, 1994) and various articles on the events of its dispersion, which contributed to the discovery of Caravaggio's painting “The Taking of Christ”. His most recent book is “Belle. Ritratti femminili nelle stanze del potere” (Mondadori, 2024).

Nello Cristianini

Festival della Mente — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:08:35 +0000

Nello Cristianini is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bath. He graduated in Physics from the University of Trieste, earned a Master's in Computational Intelligence from London, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Bristol. Previously, he served as a professor at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Bristol. He is the author of "La scorciatoia. Come le macchine sono diventate intelligenti senza pensare in modo umano" (Il Mulino, 2023) and "Machina Sapiens. L’algoritmo che ci ha rubato il segreto della conoscenza" (Il Mulino, 2024).

Chandra Costanza Coletti

Festival della Mente — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:10:59 +0000

Chandra Costanza Coletti (Roma, 1988) inizia a praticare yoga a diciott'anni. Si trasferisce in Austria per completare gli studi in architettura e decide di dedicarsi alle sue due grandi passioni: la creazione di immagini e lo yoga. Dopo dieci anni in giro per il mondo torna a vivere nella sua città d’origine, dove oggi lavora come illustratrice freelance e insegna Yoga Kundalini e meditazione. Nel 2024 pubblica il suo primo libro edito da Sonzogno: 101 esercizi per persone che pensano troppo. La pratica spirituale è per lei inseparabile dal suo lavoro di creativa.
ph. credits: Gerardo Ozuna

Enrico Casale

Festival della Mente — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:10:17 +0000

Enrico Casale is an actor and director. Since 2018, he has curated the national project Per Aspera Ad Astra in La Spezia prison in collaboration with Armando Punzo and the Compagnia della Fortezza di Volterra.