Leonardo Sinisgalli

After completing his engineering degree in 1932, he moved to Milan where he worked as an architect and graphic artist.

Sinisgalli's early collections such as Cuore (1927), 18 poesie (1936), Campi Elisi (1939) focused on themes from ancestral southern Italian myths.

He also explored the scientific culture of the day in Furor mathematicus (1944) and Horror vacui (1945).

Sinisgalli founded and managed the magazine Civiltà delle Macchine (1953–1959), and was a member of the Scuola Romana.

He also created two documentaries which consecutively won the Biennale di Venezia awards and edited radio broadcasting programmes.