Giorgio Nisini

Giorgio Nisini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Modern Literature and Culture, Sapienza University of Rome. His academic work focuses on 20th-century and new-millennium Italian fiction, interrelationships between literary and cinematic languages, and the intersection of literature, publishing, and cultural industry.

• Research Interests: Modern/Contemporary Italian Literature, Neorealism, Great War Memoirs, Literary Canon, Publishing Studies.
• Key Collaborations: Co-director of academic projects with Université de Dschang (Camerun); member of Società Italiana per lo studio della modernità letteraria and Consiglio Scientifico of Master in Editoria, Giornalismo e Management Culturale.
• Notable Publications: Italian Neorealism. Writings, Images, Society (Perrone, 2014); editor of Carteggio Corrado Alvaro and Vito Laterza (Laterza, 2019).
• Scientific Awards: Corrado Alvaro Opera Prima Prize; Finalist Premio Tondelli; Finalist Premio Strega (LXV edition); Forum Traiani Prize for Narrative.
• Recent Articles: Focus on Laterza publishing archive (2025), Pasolini's wartime discourse (2025), Wilcock's surrealism (2022), and Great War memory studies (2021).

He organizes cultural events as Artistic Director of Emporio Letterario di Pienza and President of Premio Letterario "Corrado Alvaro-Libero Bigiaretti". His teaching includes Contemporary Italian Literature courses across Philology, Publishing, and Sign Language interpreting programs.