Carlo Pizzati is the author of seven books of fiction and non-fiction. His most recent memoir is Bending over Backwards – a journey to the end of the world to cure a chronic backache (2019). He is a political analyst for La Stampa and professor of theory of communication at the Asian College of Journalism. He’s been a correspondent from New York, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Rome and Madrid for La Repubblica. He’s covered the Northern Ireland strife, guerrilla war in Colombia, the narcos business in the Andes, smuggling of immigrants in Mexico, civil rights battles in Chile, pro-environment militancy in the French atoll of Mururoa, and the GMO battle in Europe and the US. He’s won the Leonardo International Prix and the Igor Man Prize and has lectured at his alma mater, Columbia University, at New York University, Loyola University, Yonsei University, Ca’ Foscari and Sapienza Universities. He lives near a fishermen’s village in Southern India with his wife and three dogs.
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