Sergio Valzania
(Florence 1951), essayist and novelist. From 1978 to 2015 he was with RAI, where he directed Radio Programs for ten years. His broadcasts include Alle Otto della Sera, Viva Radio2, and i Cammini. He has taught Communication Science at the Universities of Siena and Genoa (Imperia campus). He has written in Politica, La Nazione, Il Giornale, Liberal, Il Dubbio, and currently writes in L’Osservatore Romano. He collaborates with Radio inBlu 2000. His novels include “La Bolla d’Oro” (Sellerio, 2012), “Assassinio sul Camino di Santiag” (Ediciclo, 2017), his most recent essays are “La sconfitta di Farsalo. Pompey and Caesar: The End of the Republic,” (Salerno, 2018), “The Failed Peace. The Paris Conference and its Consequences,” (Mondadori, 2018) with Franco Cardini, “The Pacific War,” (Mondadori, 2020), “Napoleon and the Imperial Guard,” (Mondadori, 2021), “The Ways of Coins,” (il Mulino, 2023), “The Opium Wars,” (Mondadori, 2023).
