Marco Pizzi

Marco Pizzi was born in Rome in 1981. He received a degree in physics from University of Rome La Sapienza in 2005, and a PhD. in astrophysics in 2008. After a further period as researcher he turned to literature.

He has written many short stories and two novels: Lucio. Episodes in the Life of an 'Heretic' (Lucio. Episodi della vita di un 'eretico', 2009), which is a passionate formation novel; and Meeting with Christ. The Philosopher and the Messiah (Incontro con Cristo. Il filosofo e il messia, 2012), which is a historic-philosophical novel on the Gospels.

For stage, he has written three plays: Death of a TV-addicted Boy (Morte di un teledipendente, 2010); The Majorana Sea (Il mare di Majorana, 2012); Solo con Falcone, a five act tragedy about the famous Italian magistrate Giovanni Falcone, killed by Sicilian mafia in 1992 (KDP, 2016; Special Prize Vittorio Giavelli, Tragos XIII).

He has a blog (marcopizziparalipomena.blogspot.com) where he writes about theater, literature and opera.

His most recent work is a novella entitled Verdi vs Wagner. Story of a Secret Friendship (Verdi contro Wagner. Storia di un'amicizia segreta, 2014).