Antonio Lanza (1981) was born in Paterno (Catania) and currently lives in the town of Biancavilla. He is a Literature graduate, who researched the avant-garde literary magazines published in Catania in early 19th century for his diploma thesis. His poetry has been featured in various online media, such as l’Estro Verso, Carteggi Letterari, Via Lepsius, Atelier, Nuovi Argomenti, Nazione Indiana and Poesia di Luigia Sorrentino. In 2015, a selection of ten of Lanza’s texts was included in the first volume of Quadernetto di poesia contemporanea 4×10 (publ. Algra, ed. Grazia Calanna, Orazio Caruso). In 2017, four sections of his poem Suite Etnapolis were featured in the poetry collection Poesia Contemporanea: Tredicesimo Quaderno Italiano (Franco Buffoni, ed.). He is currently contributor to l’Estro Verso.