Diego Marani

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Diego Marani (was born in Ferrara in 1959) is an Italian novelist and newspaper columnist. In 1996, while working as a translator for the European Council of Ministers he invented Europanto, a mock international auxiliary language. In Europanto Diego Marani has published different articles, short stories and video clips. Following his passion for languages, Diego Marani now works in the Multilingualism Policy Unit of the European Commission.

Diego Marani is also a well known and appreciated essayist and novelist. His most famous novel, "Nuova grammatica finlandese" (New Finnish Grammar) is translated in different languages and has received in Italy the Grinzane-Cavour literary prize. His other novels are: "L'ultimo dei Vostiachi", "L'interprete", "Il Compagno di scuola", "Enciclopedia tresigallese". As an essayist, Diego Marani wrote "A Trieste con Svevo" and "Come ho imparato le lingue". His last book, "La bicicletta incantata" was made into a movie by Elisabetta Sgarbi, editor in chief of Bompani publishing house and art producer. Diego Marani regularly writes for the cultural page of the Italian daily "Il Sole 24 Ore".