Enrico Palandri

Enrico Palandri was born in Venice in 1956. He studied at the University of Bologna under Umberto Eco and compiled a book about the popular underground radio station Radio Alice, which was associated with Italy’s student protest movement. Palandri worked as a professor in London and wrote poetry, essays, short stories, and novels. His debut novel, *Lichter auf der Piazza Maggiore*, was first published in 1979.