Luisa Pianzola (Tortona 1960) is a poet, journalist and content writer. After studying painting and architecture, she graduated in History of contemporary art (Modern literature) at the University of Genoa and graduated in visual design at the Polytechnic School of Design in Milan. Author of two volumes on the architect Alberto Sartoris, she taught 10 years at the Academy of Applied Arts in Milan, where she taught for ten years at the Academy of Applied Arts. Author of two books on architect Alberto Sartoris, she has collaborated with interior design magazines since the early 1990s and is co-founder of the creative writing agency fattidistorie.
She has published the poetry collections Il bel tempo (Transeuropa 2024, Poesia Onesta Award 2024, third place at the Gradiva Prize, New York 2024, nominated for the 2025 Bagutta Prize); Il punto di vista della cassiera (LietoColle-Pordenonelegge 2020, Gialla Oro series, special mention “Una vita in poesia” at the Lorenzo Montano Prize 2021); Una specie di abisso portatile (La Vita Felice 2015, afterword by Mario Santagostini); Il ragazzo donna (La Vita Felice 2012, presentation by Piera Mattei, in the quality ranking of Pordenonelegge 2012); Salva la notte (La Vita Felice 2010, preface by Gabriela Fantato and afterword by Mario Santagostini); La scena era questa (LietoColle 2006, preface by Gianni Turchetta); Corpo di G. (LietoColle 2003, preface by Maurizio Cucchi); Sul Caramba (Giampiero Casagrande Editore 1992) and the plaquettes In un paese straniero a volte ospitale (Fiori di Torchio, 2013) and Miniserie (Accademia di Brera, 2013).
Her texts have received various awards and have been published in italian and international magazines, anthologies and websites. Some collections have been translated into English by the poet Anthony Robbins. Collaborator of the art and literature magazine “La Mosca di Milano”, she curated the Serre di Poesia project for LietoColle, dedicated to young authors. She has participated in numerous poetry readings in major Italian cities. Mario Santagostini, Stefano Raimondi, Giampiero Neri, Milo De Angelis, Maurizio Cucchi, Angelo Lumelli, Piera Mattei, Gabriela Fantato, Stefano Guglielmin, Elio Grasso, Stefano Vitale, Piero Marelli, Corrado Bagnoli, Lorenzo Gattoni, among others, have written about her.