Franco Barbato (1983) was born and raised in Santiago de Chile. He has lived in Australia and Patagonia and currently resides in Lugano. He is the founder of “Irrealismo Poetico”, a movement that promotes a novel literary path for expressing a new form of sensitivity. He has published the poetry book “Il Pilastro della Creatione” (The Pillar of Creation), and his works have also been featured in various printed and online magazines in Ecuador, Argentina, Italia, Mexico, Spain, Chile and Switzerland.