Christian LanciaiBorn in Finland to an Italian grandfather and a Swedish-speaking family, the author grew up between cultures and continents. His father's career took the family from Finland to Argentina and later to Sweden, where the author's early encounter with Shkespeare at the age of eight inspired his lifelong dream of writing.Trained as a musician, he spent over 15 years as a piano teacher, six years as a church organist, and also worked as a piano tuner. While he never raised a family, he devoted his life fully to music and literature. As a composer, he created piano works in the classical-romantic tradition; as a writer, he has explored nearly every form-novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays, history, and travel.Although most of his books were written in Swedish, he pursued the mastery of English, translating many of his plays and writing all of his English poetry directly in the language. His favorite modern author is Stefan Zweig, whose humanistic spirit resonates in his own work.Now in his seventies, he continues to share his creative voice through music, literature, and online recordings. Read More Read Less