Giovanni Dozzini was born in 1978 in
Perugia, where he lives and works. After graduating with a degree in law and working for the Giornale dell'Umbria newspaper, he joined the editorial staff of the
Corriere dell'Umbria in 2005. He made his debut in 2005 with Il cinese della Piazza del pino (The Chinese Man in Pine Square) and subsequently published five other novels, winning the 2019
European Union Prize for Literature with E Baboucar guidava la fila (And Baboucar Led the Way). An editor for several publishing houses, his articles have appeared in various newspapers such as
Europa (newspaper) and websites such as Nazione Indiana, HuffPost, and Ondarock. He is the coordinator of Encuentro, a festival of Spanish-language literature held every year in
Perugia and
Castiglione del Lago. ==References==