An experimentalist and revivalist, Roberto Calasso’s works L’impuro folle (1974; “The Impure Madman”), La rovina di Kasch (1983; The Ruins of Kasch), The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, are retelling of myths and legends. Currently he lives in Milan and works as a publisher at Adelphi Edizoni.