Marani, Diego: - Diego Marani was born in Ferrara in 1959. He works as the Policy Offer in charge of Cultural Diplomacy for the European Union in Brussels.
He writes columns for various European newspapers about current affairs in Europanto, a language that he has invented. His collection of short stories in Europanto, Las Adventures des Inspector Cabillot has been published by Dedalus.
In Italian he has published eight novels, including the highly acclaimed trilogy New Finnish Grammar, The Last of the Vostyachs, and The Interpreter and the detective novel, God's Dog.