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Writer, thinker, polyvalent artist and graphic designer freelance



Biographical notes

He was born at Ostra in Ancona's province, Italy, in the year 1978; He spent her infancy at Falconara m.ma and now He lives at Chiaravalle.
He attended classical lycée and a computer science's course.
For this reason her interests ranges from the History to the Literature, to the Music, but also the Science, the Electronics and the Science-Fiction.
But her primary interest is turning to all come from Japan. He loves everything about this country: language, that he is studying, literature, art, music, cinema, cuisine. He appreciates in particular the world of manga and anime.
Among her objectives it is the one of to publish her literary works, since he devotes to writing out of tales and at the moment he is writing some novel; besides he writes poems and aphorismes, all and sundry here reports.
The December 29, 2014 he published his first book, "MR Tapir (The Devourer of dreams)" purchased on Amazon site.
Finally he write small works of divulgation, essays and articles of various subject, that he will publish each time on this website.
How here can be seen, also he devotes to painting, both electronic painting and water-colour painting, and musical composition. He recently started making flash animations, which are published both on this site, both on his YouTube page.
As a freelance graphic designer he realizes various projects and participate in various competitions.
In 2013 participates in the competition for the choice of the logo of the Embassy of Japan in Italy and received the Special Jury Prize for work particularly original.
Moreover he is a convinced Europeanist and founder of the Movement for the Federation of European Peoples - MFEP.
However, besides to be a man of culture, he considers herself a sportsman, too; because he follows as a fan various disciplines, from football to basket, from volley to rugby. But her favourite sports are cycling and archery, that he goes in for both by amateur level.
In 2019 he renews his YouTube channel and starts publishing videos on his bike excursions.
In 2020 he opens a channel on Twitch and begins to broadcast live on his interests, manga, anime, literature and cycling.


Formative reading
(in literary, religious, historical and philosophical field)

About Japan:

  • Letteratura giapponese, 2 vol., edited by Adriana Boscaro, Luisa Bienati;
  • Storia di Genji, il principe splendente, by Murasaki Shikibu;
  • Note del Guanciale, by Sei Shonagon;
  • Musashi, by Yoshikawa Eiji;
  • Cent'anni di racconti dal Giappone, edited by Cristiana Ceci;
  • Guanciale d'erba, by Natsume Soseki;
  • Il signorino, by Natsume Soseki;
  • Sole e acciaio, by Mishima Yukio;
  • Il Padiglione d'Oro, by Mishima Yukio;
  • Il paese delle nevi, by Kawabata Yasunari;
  • Un'esperienza personale, by Oe Kenzaburo;
  • Le quattro casalinghe di Tokyo, by Natsuo Kirino;
  • Morbide guance, by Natsuo Kirino;
  • Literary works of Murakami Haruki;
  • Novels of Yoshimoto Banana;
  • Fiabe giapponesi, edited by Maria Teresa Orsi;
  • La Storia del Giappone, by Paolo Beonio-Brocchieri;
  • Storia del Giappone, by Edwin O. Reischauer;
  • Storia del Giappone, by Richard Bersihand;
  • Storia del Giappone, by Rosa Caroli e Francesco Gatti;
  • Samurai, ascesa e declino di una grande casta di guerrieri, by Leonardo Vittorio Arena;
  • Kamikaze, l'epopea dei guerrieri suicidi, by Leonardo Vottorio arena;
  • Geisha, by Lesley Downer;
  • Lost Japan, by Alex Kerr;
  • Case, amori, universi, by Fosco Maraini;
  • Storia del cinema giapponese, by Max Tessier;

    In the general,
    Literature:

  • Iliade, by Omero;
  • Odissea, by Omero;
  • Eneide, by Virgilio;
  • Metamorfosi (L'asino d'oro), by Apuleio;
  • Metamorfosi, by Ovidio;
  • La Divina Commedia, by Dante Alighieri;
  • I promessi sposi, by Alessandro Manzoni;
  • I capolavori della poesia italiana, edited by Guido Davico Bonino;
  • Il nome della Rosa, by Umberto Eco;
  • L'isola del giorno prima, by Umberto Eco;
  • Baudolino, by Umberto Eco;
  • Selected works of Shakespeare, 4 vol., edited by Roberto Sanesi;
  • Gulliver's Travels, by Johnathan Swift;
  • Treasure Island, by Robert Luis Stevenson;
  • I tre Moschettieri, by Alexandre Dumas padre;
  • I miserabili, by Voctor Hugo;
  • L'ultimo giorno di un condannato, by Voctor Hugo;
  • Siddharta, by Hermann Hesse;
  • Dall'India, by Hermann Hesse;
  • The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien;
  • Novels of Terry Brooks;
  • Foudation, the complete quadrilogy, by Isaac Asimov;
  • Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury;
  • Cronache marziane, by Ray Bradbury;
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), by George Orwell;
  • Storia della Letteratura Greca, by Luciano Canfora;
  • Storia della Letteratura Latina, by Ettore Paratore;
  • Storia della Letteratura italiana, by Francesco De Sanctis;
  • L'invenzione della poesia, by Jorge Luis Borges;
  • La Biblioteca inglese, by Jorge Luis Borges;
  • Come si scrive un romanzo, edited by Maria Teresa Serafini;
  • Greek Myths, by Robert Graves;
  • The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, by Antony S. Mercatante;
  • Miti e simboli dell'India, by Heirich Zimmer;
  • I Miti Nordici, by Gianna Chiesa Isnardi;
  • Miti e leggende dei Vichinghi, edited by G. Agrati, M.L. Magini;
  • Antiche Saghe Islandesi, edited by Marco Scovazzi;
  • I Nibelunghi, edited by Laura mancinelli;
  • Il Druidismo, religione e divinit� del Celti, by Jean Markale;
  • Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, by Thomas Crofton Croker;
  • Saghe e raccoti dell'antica Irlanda, edited by G. Agrati, M.L. Magini;
  • La Grande Razzia (Tain Bo Cuailnge), edited by Melita Cataldi;
  • Fiabe popolari italiane, edited by Alberto Mari;

    Religion and Philosophy:

  • Storia del Buddhismo, edited by Henri-Charles Puech;
  • Dizionario del Buddhismo, edited by Vittorio, Sirtori;
  • Buddhismo, testi antichi dal Canone Pali, edited by Raniero Gnoli;
  • Buddhismo, testi sanscriti del Grande Veicolo, edited by Raniero Gnoli;
  • I Discorsi del Buddha, edited by Claudio Cicuzza, Francesco Sferra;
  • Le Gesta del Buddha (Buddhacarita Canti I-XIV), by Asvaghosa;
  • Il Libro tibetano dei morti, edited by Giuseppe Tucci;
  • Antologia del Buddhismo giapponese, edited by Aldo Tollini;
  • Zen, by David Scott, Tony Doubleday;
  • 101 Zen Stories, edited by Nyogen Seenzaki, Paul Reps;
  • Lo Zen e il tiro con l'arco, by Eugen Herrigel;
  • Shinto: The Kami Way, by Ono Sokyo;
  • A Hnadbook of Living Religions, di John R. Hinnells;
  • Manuale di Storia delle Religioni, by G. Filoramo, M. Massenzio, M. Raveri, P. Scarpi;
  • Upanisad antiche e medie, edited by Pio Filippani-Ronconi;
  • The Eight Immortals of Taoism, edited by Kwon Man Ho, Joanne O'Brien;
  • Dialoghi, di Confucio;
  • La Bibbia Concordata, edited by Soc. Biblica Italiana;
  • L'Arte della Guerra, by Sun Tzu;
  • Hagakure, by Yamamoto Tsunetomo;
  • Art of Living, by M.K. Gandhi;
  • Manuale di Storia della Filosofia, 3 vol., by F. Adorno, T. Gregory, V. Verra;
  • Il Libro delle Libert�, by Edward N. Luttwak, Susanna Creperio Verratti;
  • La Democrazia, storia di un'ideologia, by Luciano Canfora;
  • History of Heresy, by David Christie-Murray;
  • Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Linguage,by Robin Dunbar;
  • La ricerca della lingua perfetta, by Umberto Eco;
  • L'invenzione della scrittura, dala Nilo alla Grecia, by Louis Godart;
  • Dire quasi la stessa cosa, by Umberto Eco;
  • Lettere morali a Lucilio, by Seneca;

    History:

  • Storie, in 2 vol, by Erodoto;
  • La guerra del Peloponneso, by Tucidide;
  • Elleniche, by Senofonte;
  • Anabasi, by Senofonte;
  • De bello gallico, by Caio Giulio Cesare;
  • De bello civili, by Caio Giulio Cesare;
  • La Civilt� greca, by Pierre Leveque;
  • I Greci d'Occindente, by Valerio M. Manfredi;
  • La civilt� ellenistica, by Michael Grant;
  • I Celti in Italia, by Venceslas Kruta and Valerio M. Manfredi;
  • Declino e caduta dell'Impero romano, by Edward Gibbon;
  • Storia degli Etrischi, by Mario Torelli;
  • La Grande Storia di Roma, by Antonio Spinosa;
  • Origini e Storia primitiva di Roma, by Massimo Pallottino;
  • The Western Way of War, by Victor Davis Hanson;
  • Il guerriero, l'oplita, il legionario, by Giovanni Brizzi;
  • Il Medio Evo, da Ugo Capeto a Giovanna d'Arco, by George Duby;
  • A History of China, by J.A.G. Roberts;
  • Storia dell'India, by Michelguglielmo Torri;
  • La Rivoluzione francese, by Fran�ois Furet, Denis Richet;
  • Empire, by Niall Ferguson;
  • Modern Italy, A Political History, by Denis Mack-Smith;
  • Guns, Germs and Steel. The Fates of Human Societies, by Jarred Diamond;
  • I grandi generali di Roma antica, by Andrea Frediani;
  • Gli ultimi condottieri di Roma, by Andrea Frediani;
  • Storia del Canada, by Luca Codignola and Luigi Bruti Liberati;
  • Storia della Francia, by Georges Duby;
  • Il libro nero del Comunismo, by various authors;
  • Storia dell'Inghilterra, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan;
  • Storia della Svizzera, by Emilio R. Papa;
  • Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America, by Maldwyn A. Jones;
  • La Cina del Novecento, by Guido Samarani;
  • Weimar Germany. Promise and Tragedy, by Eric D. Weitz;
  • Storia d'Europa, in 3 vol, by Giuseppe Galasso;


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