Lucio Mariani ,

Lucio Mariani was an Italian poet and essayist born in Rome in 1936. His poetry is characterized by an expressive and innovative language that reflects on the human condition and revives the perennial value of myth, often subverting concepts and disorienting certainties. He authored numerous works including Bestie segrete (1987), Dispersi gli alleati (1990), and Traces of Time (2015), a collection spanning forty years of production, along with essays, short stories, and translations of poets like César Vallejo and Yves Bonnefoy.