Valerio Cruciani (Rome, 1977), novelist, scriptwriter, poet, critic. In 2003 he was selected as poet at the 11th Biennial of young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Athens’ edition, and in the same year he participate in the realization of the documentary titled “Per non morire – Rifugiati a Roma” (about refugees), selected by the Roma Doc Festival, Med Film Festival, La città in corto and by the Rai 3 Television.
Between 2000 and 2003 he makes three photographic exhibitions in the Odradek bookshop of Rome. In 2004 he read his works in Rome, Venice, Bologna and Padova, in various theatres, bookshops and pubs, and he worked as coordinator and writer for the International Literature Festival “Klandestini” of Malta, with the support of the British Council.
He cofounded the independent cultural web magazine www.amnesiavivace.it, in September 2007 he was invited to take part of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, organized by Literature Across Frontiers and Inizjamed, and in March 2008 he was also invited to take part of the London Festival of Europe organized by European Alternatives. With the literary independent project St. Louis and Lawrence Books he published a poetic work called Le città hanno gli occhi sempre aperti and a short story, called Millennio.
From 2005 to 2007 he cooperated with the board of artistic direction of the independent theatrical festival “Ubusettete”. In 2008 he participate in the Beograd’s poetry festival Trgni Se! Now he’s living in Madrid, Spain, and he’s working on a variety of projects, from novel to scripts. He’s represented by Nabu International Book and Film Agency.

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