Antonella Tarpino is an esteemed historian, essayist, and editor who has written many well-known texts. She is a journalist for the magazines Lo Straniero and L'Huffington Post as well as author of upper school history books such as Codice storia and La Scena del Tempo. In addition, Tarpino has devoted some of her research to the transformation of everyday objects and landscapes in Italy, especially focusing on abandoned places that persist in the memory of the Bel Paese. Moreover, Tarpino wrote the award-winning trilogy Geografie della Memoria, Spaesati (winner of the 86th Bagutta Prize) and the latest book Il Paesaggio Fragile: L’ Italia Vista dai Margini (2016 - Einaudi), winner of the third edition of the International Book Award The Bridge 2017 for Non Fiction.