Born in
Modena, Siti graduated from the
University of Pisa and got a doctorate from the
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He served as professor of contemporary Italian literature at the
University of Pisa,
University of Cosenza and
University of L'Aquila. He made his literary debut as a critic, writing essays on
Pier Paolo Pasolini,
Sandro Penna and
Eugenio Montale, among others. His 2008 novel
The Contagion ('Il contagio') was adapted into a film,
Tainted Souls. In 2013, his novel
Resistere non serve a niente ("Resisting serves no purpose") won the
Strega Prize and the
Mondello Prize.. His 2021 essay
Riflessioni sul Bene in letteratura ("Reflections on the Good in Literature") won the
Viareggio Prize. Siti also worked as a television writer and a television critic for the newspaper
La Stampa. ==References==