Corrado Calabro, born in Reggio Calabria, completed his first book when he was twenty and has since published seventeen more collections. His poems have been translated into more than a dozen languages and they have been collected in a theatre recital that toured extensively throughout Italy, Europe, Australia, and South America. His novel Ricorda di dimenticarla, a finalist for the Strega Prize, was the basis for the 2006 movie Il mercante di pietre, (The Stone Merchant). In 2011 Calabro was awarded The Cetonaverde Prize for career achievement.