page_title: Vittorio Catani
hierarchical_section_title: Vittorio Catani
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Lo scrittore e saggista di fantascienza italiano Vittorio Catani. Durante la convention Deepcon 11 / Italcon 36, 2010, panel Il sesso nella fantascienza italiana: strumento di conoscenza, oppio dei popoli o magia sexualis.
context_page_description: Vittorio Catani is an Italian science fiction writer.
  Born in Lecce, he currently lives and works in Bari, Italy. A retired bank clerk, he started publishing essays and fiction in 1962, especially within the fantasy and science fiction genres. His first novel, Gli universi di Moras, won the Premio Urania in 1990.
  He has been published in most major newspapers and magazines, and his works have been translated in a number of European countries. He contributes to the daily newspaper La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, the environmental quarterly "Villaggio Globale", and is one of the editors of "www.fantascienza.com" and "www.carmillaonline.com".
  His second science fiction novel, Il Quinto Principio, was published in December 2009, again by Urania.
context_section_description: Vittorio Catani (born July 17, 1940) is an Italian science fiction writer.
  Born in Lecce, he currently lives and works in Bari, Italy. A retired bank clerk, he started publishing essays and fiction in 1962, especially within the fantasy and science fiction genres. His first novel, Gli universi di Moras, won the Premio Urania in 1990.
  He has been published in most major newspapers and magazines, and his works have been translated in a number of European countries. He contributes to the daily newspaper La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, the environmental quarterly "Villaggio Globale", and is one of the editors of "www.fantascienza.com" and "www.carmillaonline.com".
  His second science fiction novel, Il Quinto Principio, was published in December 2009, again by Urania.
caption: Vittorio Catani during the 2010 convention Deepcon 11 / Italcon 36
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