MAURIZIO CUCCHI, born 1945 in Milan, is an outstanding and prolific writer of present-day Italy. He has published a dozen collections of poetry, three novels and translations of Stendahl, Flaubert and Mallarmé into Italian. He writes for numerous magazines, does sports reportage and enjoys a reputation as the author of La traversata di Milano (Crossing Milan, 2007), an evocative walking tour of his native city. Cucchi is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Viareggio Prize and the Montale Prize.
