Pietro Montorfani (1980) was born in Bellinzona, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in History and Literature from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, where he lectured in Italian Renaissance Literature and History of Literary Criticism. He has collaborated with foreign universities (Mary Washington University, U.S.A, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany) and has also published essays and papers on 15th and 19th century literature. His poetry compilation “Di là non ancora” (From there not yet, publ. by Moretti & Vitali) won the Carducci prize and the Schiller prize for 2012. He is director of the historical archives of the city of Lugano.