August 26, 2015 – Piersandro Pallavicini was born in Vigevano in 1962. He teaches at the University of Pavia, where he conducts research in the field of inorganic nanochemistry. Pallavicini, however, is also an accomplished author and has published for Feltrinelli the novels “Madre nostra che sarai nei cieli” (2002), “Atomico dandy” (2005), “African inferno” (2009), “Romanzo per signora” (2012) and last year, “Una commedia italiana” (pp.309, €14,45, series “I narratori”). On the occasion of the publication in Germany of his last novel (“Erben auf Italienisch- An Italian comedy,” Folio-Verlag 2015) the writer – who now works for “Tuttolibri,” the cultural supplement of “La Stampa” – will take the stage on Thursday 3 September, at 7pm, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne. The event is promoted by the Institute in collaboration with Folio. The event will be moderated by Reinhold Joppich.