Michele Serra

Michele Serra, a well-known Italian journalist, writer and satirical commentator on current affairs, was born in 1954 in Rome and grew up in Milan. He began writing at the age of 20 when he first worked as a journalist for the newspaper L’Unità. Since then, he has earned his living exclusively from writing. Today he writes for the newspaper la Repubblica and the magazine L’Espresso, whilst also penning scripts for theatre and television. Since 1986, he has been satirising current affairs with his scathing commentary. In the same year, he won the Forte dei Marmi Political Satire Award. In 1989, he founded the satirical weekly newspaper Cuore, which he edited until 1994. Among other works, he has published two collections of poetry, the novel The Cow Boy (1997) and the short story collections The New Thing That Moves Forward (1989) and Rituals (2002, Prochida-Elsa Morante Prize). The Arachtoi was one of the biggest Italian bestsellers of 2014.