Franco ARBORE

Franco Arbore was born in Italy in Corato, in the province of Bari, where he still lives today. Married with Giacinta Strippoli, he has two sons and is a retired businessman. From old families: paternal, artisans from north of Bari and maternal, farmers of the Dauni Mountains, he grew up and wanted to study to be started towards self-employment. Mechanical expert, after military service in tanks, he started an engineering company with his father and, alone, after about twenty years, a farm for the breeding of horses: thoroughbred racing at gallop. The two culture, the artisanal and the agricultural, merged in him into one, allowing him to develop first the passion for mechanics and then for breeding. That is, he followed in the footsteps, first of his father and then of is maternal grandfather. As were his father and grandfather, he too is a free spirit, a man independent of any bond that is not accepted and shared by him. A great lover of literature, novels in particular, about to retire he decided to write starting from his biography. "Foxes Hill" is his first novel.