I was born in Genoa (Italy) in 1975 and I lived the first 20 years of my life in Camogli, a picturesque town on the coast in Liguria (North-West of Italy).
After getting a degree in Physics at University of Genoa and a PhD in Nano-Science at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland), I went abroad driven by the desire to see new places and meet people of different cultures. I worked as a researcher in Switzerland, Germany and Spain.
In 2009 I married Chiara. In December of the same year, Santa Claus gave us Nicolò, while Matteo was the surprise in the Easter egg of 2011. In April 2012, I returned to Italy and I currently live in Genoa with my family.
I like reading and going to the cinema. I do not have a car, and I don't have a TV. I have a bicycle and two great passions: basketball and sea, the blue and deep one.
My favorite writers, not in order of preference, are: Puig, Soriano, Saramago, Carlotto, Chacón, Muñoz Molina, Cacucci, García Márquez, Dostoyevsky, Grossman, Galeano, Tabucchi, Vargas Llosa.
In the past (2006-2011), I collaborated with Fairwatch, blog on alternative economies, finance, world of the companies and a possible different world. Since 2013, I collaborate with Comune-info, blog on independent information on common goods, degrowth and alternative economy.
I have a blog for topical stories and thoughts in freedom: http://diegorepetto-writer.blogspot.it
I'm a scientist who, thanks to a great passion for literature, has become a writer.
In April 2011, it was published my first novel, Il baco e la farfalla (Italia Press Edizioni), based on a true story. The book got many awards: Finalist at International Prize of Literature Terre di Liguria 2012, 5° classified at National Prize of Literary Arts Città di Torino IX ed. 2012, Honorable mention at International Prize of Literature Portus Lunae 2012, 2° classified at National Prize of Poetry and Fiction Il Golfo 2013.
In September 2015, it was published my second novel, Lejla and Hamid (Valletta Edizioni): http://www.vallettaedizioni.it/prodotto/lejla-e-hamid/
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Il baco e la farfalla - Un'incredibile storia vera ( The silkworm and the butterfly - An incredible true story)
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A novel that touches the soul and shakes the consciences and the most deeply rooted beliefs.
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