Mario Farneti was born in Gubbio, Umbria, in 1950. He graduated in Political Science before becoming journalist,  writer and documentarist. For a long time he lived in Fano, in Marche, where in the Seventies, he was among the founders of one of the first free television stations in his country. As the son of antique dealers, he also worked in antiques for a considerable period of his life. In the last ten years he has published various studies on his native town and has produced several television documentaries. In 1989 and 1991 he ranked among the finalists of the J.R.R. International Tolkien Award for fantasy fiction. "Occidente" (The West) was placed third at the "Premio Italia 2002 " (Italy Prize) for science fiction. He recently published "Attacco all'Occidente" (Attack on the West), the second episode of the Occidente saga. He has lived in Rome since 1983 where he has gained extensive journalistic experience and where he works for a prominent international television agency.

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