Who's behind
the project

Authors, illustrators, translators, and storytellers: behind every page of this project are passionate professionals, each with their own perspective and voice. This section is dedicated to them, to those who have given shape and form to Tito Schipa's story, presenting it in a new, accessible, and vibrant way.

Simona D'Amanzo

Marcello Durante

Francesca Maiorano

Arianna Corsini

Elisabetta Pasanisi

Francesco de Donatis

Biographies of the authors and collaborators

Simona D'Amanzo

Simona D’Amanzo is a journalist, career guidance counselor, school orientation counselor, coordinator and designer of training programs, as well as a teacher.

Marcello Durante

Marcello Durante is a lawyer admitted to the Bar of Lecce. His professional activities also extend to screenwriting and teaching creative writing. He is a professor of Screenwriting for Comics, Copyright Law, and Ethical and Responsible Use of AI in teaching practice.

Francesca Maiorano

Francesca Maiorano graduated in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Foggia. In October 2023, she obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She participated in the creation of the "Panchine d’Autore" (Author's Benches) in Foggia (2020-2021).

Arianna Corsini

Arianna Corsini graduated with honors in Modern Philology from the University of Bari. Her stories have been published in various literary magazines such as Voce del Verbo, Crack Rivista, Malgrado le mosche, The Puglieser, and in various collections.

Francesco de Donatis

Film Music Composer, Francesco de Donatis Graduated in Composition and Opera Singing at the "Nino Rota" Conservatory of Monopoli (BA). He continued his studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA in Film Scoring with a Minor in Music for Video Game and in Composition at the University of Salford, in Manchester, UK.

Elisabetta Pasanisi

is a professional translator specializing in editorial and literary translations. After a degree in Modern Languages, Literatures and Translations, she refined her skills with a master's degree in editorial translation and translation courses.