Daniele Mencarelli

Daniele Mencarelli, born in Rome in 1974, is an Italian writer and poet. He first became known as a poet in the early 2000s and published seven poetry collections. From 2014 onward, he also turned to fiction. His second novel, *Everything Is True* [German title: *Für die Kämpfer, für die Verrückten*], received numerous Italian literary awards and was his first work to appear in German translation.