Ottavio Rossani

Ottavio Rossani (Sellia Marina, 1944), lives in Milan, where he graduated in Political and Social Sciences at the Catholic University. Poet, writer, painter and occasionally theater director. As a journalist – 40 years at the Corriere della Sera – he has traveled to different continents and he has met and interviewed powerful and humble people in the fields of culture, politics, news. He has written essays on literature, history and art. Six are his books of poetry: Le deformazioni (1976), Falsi confini (1989), Teatrino delle scomparse (1992), Il fulmine nel tuo giardino (1994), L’ignota battaglia (2005) and Riti di seduzione (2013). Among the various essays, Leonardo Sciascia (1990) and Stato società e briganti nel Risorgimento italiano (2002, three editions). A long historical account: Servitore vostro illustrissimo e devotissimo (1995). Many plaquettes of poems, including Finestre aperte (2011), some accompanied by his drawings. His paintings are in private collections, in Italy and abroad; thirty personal and group exhibitions. One of his pieces, Se mi vengono i brividi , was staged in Buenos Aires, with his direction. He collaborates with some newspapers and cultural magazines. Responsible for the blog “Poesia” on the Corriere della Sera online (http://poesia.corriere.it).