Belpoliti, Marco

A writer and essayist (Reggio Emilia, 1954), Marco Beloit graduated from Bologna in 1978, under the guidance of Umberto Eco, and since the 1980s, he has been a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines such as "La Stampa", "L'Espresso" and "Alias", supplement to "il manifesto". Together with Stefano Chiodi, he is founder and director of the editorial project "Doppiozero", which was created online and soon became a reference point in the Italian cultural debate. He co-edits "Riga", a series dedicated to art, philosophy, science and literature for Marcos y Marcos, together with Elio Grazioli, and he has published, among other things, monographs dedicated to the likes of Alberto Giacometti, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino and Alberto Arbasino. His research interests are geared towards Italian literature, semiotics and visual arts. In 1997, he edited the complete edition of the works of Primo Levi and the book "Conversazioni e interviste 1963-1987" for Einaudi. In 2001, he released "Settanta", a study of Italian writers in the 1970s. 2006-2007 saw the release of the book "La prova" and the creation, together with the director Davide Ferrario, of the documentary "La strada di Levi", in which Belpoliti, some 60 years later, undertakes the journey made by the Piedmontese writer through post-war Europe. In 2009 and 2010, the essays "Il corpo del capo" and "Senza vergogna" were released to great success. In 2014, he published an article examining contemporary media images ("L'età dell'estremismo"), followed in 2015 by a monumental monograph on Primo Levi ("Primo Levi di fronte e di profilo") and in 2016 with an essay on the microcosm of insects ("La strategia della farfalla").