Vittorio Sereni

Vittorio Sereni (27 July 1913 – 10 February 1983) was an Italian poet, author, editor and translator.

His poetry frequently addressed the themes of 20th-century Italian history, such as Fascism, Italy's military defeat in World War II, and its postwar resurgence.

From the mid-1950s until his retirement in 1976, he was literary director of the Arnoldo Mondadori Editore publishing house.

His later collections of poetry included Gli strumenti umani (1965) and Stella variabile (1981).

His collection of translated poems, Il musicante di Saint-Merry, was awarded the 1982 Bagutta Prize.