Nine middle school children wonder what to do when they grow up. They couldn’t be more different, but they will all find inspiration in the stories of the twenty-one Italians who have received the most prestigious award. Whether it’s for literature or medicine, chemistry or physics, peace or economics, the twenty-one Italian Nobel Prizes pave the way for girls and boys to always imagine new successes.
Antonio Mirizzi (1995) made his debut in the world of comics in 2017 with the self-published volume Bologna Indegna. Throughout his career, he has worked as a writer and illustrator for prominent publishing houses, including Piemme, with which he published 21 Nobel per l’Italia in 2022, a project by Book on a Tree created in collaboration with Caterina Cappelli and Elena Triolo. In this book, nine middle school students, despite having very different stories and dreams, find inspiration in the lives of the twenty-one Italians who have received the Nobel Prize.
Caterina Cappelli is an illustrator specializing in children's and young adult content.
She holds a degree in Illustration and Comics, and has gained experience in animation and video games, working with various studios as a character designer and visual developer. At the same time, she has pursued her career as an illustrator, publishing several graphic novels.
With Book on a Tree, she contributed as an illustrator to 21 Nobel per l’Italia (Piemme, 2022), a collection of humorous biographies of the twenty-one Italians who have won the Nobel Prize, created to inspire young readers.
Born in 1988, she is a Tuscan illustrator and comic book artist. She collaborates with some of the largest Italian publishing houses, such as DeAgostini, Mondadori, Rizzoli, and Hop! Edizioni. She also works with various companies including Buitoni, Morellato, Neve Cosmetics, Banfi, Gucci, and Smemoranda. She teaches comic book art and illustration to both adults and children. She lives in Cesenatico.
