Manuele Fior
Born in Cesena in 1975, he has lived in Berlin, Oslo, Paris and Venice. He contributes his illustrations to magazines such as "The New Yorker", "Vanity Fair", newspapers such as "la Repubblica", "Le Monde" and "Il Sole 24 Ore", and publishing houses such as Feltrinelli, Einaudi, EL. In 2017 he collected and commented on them in L’ora dei miraggi (Oblomov Editions).
With the graphic novel Cinquemila chilometri al secondo (Coconino press 2010) won the Fauve d'Or award for Best Album at the 2011 Angoulême International Festival. The Interview (Coconino press 2013, Oblomov 2019) marks his debut in black and white. He has also published Celestia (Oblomov 2020), Le variazioni d'Orsay (Coconino press 2015), I giorni della merla (Coconino press 2016), a collection of short stories, La signorina Else (Coconino press 2009), an illustrated story based on Arthur Schnitzler's novel of the same name, and Rosso Oltremare (Coconino press 2006). His latest graphic novel is Hypericon, released in 2022 by Coconino press.
