Vladimir Novak was born in 1947 in Louny (Czech Republic), but later moved to Prague. He studied at the Academy of Figurative Arts. His work, like that of all the anti-régime artists, was considered heretic for a long time. He worked as an illustrator and graphic designer in order to support himself and started exhibiting his works in 1972 in England, Hungary, Poland, France, the US, Denmark and Italy. Today he is considered one of the most important classic Czech painters.

Serena Vitale was born in Brindisi and lives in Milan. She also lived in Moscow and Prague and has been Professor of Russian Literature since 1972. She is a literary critic and translated thousands of pages from Czech and Russian into Italian. In the late
1980s she started writing short stories and books that can well be defined essays and
novels. These include: Il bottone di Pusˇkin, La casa di ghiaccio. Venti piccole storie russe e L’imbroglio del turbante.

GATTI IN CRISI D'IDENTITA' - Salani 2008