Stefano Benni, is one of Italy’s most renowned authors. Wandering among the different genres—novel, poetry, science fiction, drama—and using a range of different languages, Benni has succeeded in elevating tragic-comic fiction from a structural and thematic element to a gesture of social criticism. His books include: Il bar sotto il mare (1987), La compagnia dei Celestini (1992), Bar Sport (1997), Le Beatrici (2011) published by Feltrinelli; La traccia dell’angelo (Sellerio, 2011).