Geno Pampaloni , 2007 (digital coloured pencil drawing)

Geno PAMPALONI (25 November 1918 - 17 January 2001) journalist and literary critic, after completing his university studies during the war, attending the University from the front, his professional work began in the post-war period with collaborations with journalistic and literary newspapers, moved from Florence to Milan; among others he wrote for the magazines "Il Ponte" and "Belfagor". After dedicating himself also to teaching among his important assignments there was, called by Adriano Olivetti, the direction of the company library which later also led him to coordinate all the cultural activities of Olivetti until 1954, as well as to write for the "Community" magazine. Subsequently in Rome he held illustrious positions, among which for "L'Espresso" and for RAI. From 1962 to 1972 he returned to Florence to manage the Vallecchi publishing house and when left he founded the Edipem publishing house, part of the De Agostini publishing group which he left in the eighties. Later he worked as a literary critic for the newspaper "Il Giornale" which he then left for "La Voce". Portrait, illustration by Dariush Radpour, digital colored pencil drawing, 2007.