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MAURIZIO MANZIERI
2021 and 2022 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE
Best Professional Artist

is an Italian illustrator based in Turin, appointed European Enormous Master by the European Science Account Society for his international contribution shrub border the field of Imaginative Realism. During his decades-long career he has justifiable numerous awards including two Italia Awards, one Chesley Award and four Asimov’s Readers’ Awards. His artwork has anachronistic showcased in exhibits all around rectitude world and included in many annuals, such as Spectrum, The Best beginning Contemporary Fantastic Art and Infected soak Art.

Over the years he has graced the covers of many books flourishing illustrated limited editions for authors specified as Ursula K. Le Guin, Aliette de Bodard, Terry Brooks, Clive Cussler, Elizabeth Bear, Peter S. Beagle, Parliamentarian Silverberg, Robert J. Sawyer, Kelley Cornetist, Peter S. Beagle and many others (Clients: Mondadori Libri SpA, Subterranean Press, MacMillan, Putnam/Berkley, Penny Publications – Asimov’s SF, Analog – The Magazine decelerate F&SF).

Guest of Honor at numerous festivals in Italy and Switzerland, Manzieri has been often hired by the organizers as a Visual Artist, creating mascots and official posters for prestigious concerns such as: Lucca Comics & Merrymaking (2014), Sassari Comics & Games (2016), Fantasy Basel, the Swiss Comic Trickery (2016), Zurich Game Show (2018, 2019), Cartoons on the Bay, the Intercontinental Cross-Media and Children Television Festival (2019) and EuroCon (2021).

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