Gabriele Tinti is an Italian poet and writer. His work is focused on the theme of death and suffering and is mostly composed in the form of ekphrastic and epigrammatic poetry. In 2018 his ekphrastic poetry project ‘Ruins’ was awarded the Premio Montale with a ceremony at the National Roman Museum in Palazzo Altemps. His poems have been performed by actors including Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara, Kevin Spacey and Franco Nero. His recent publications are "Ruins" (Eris Press, London); "Bleedings" (La Nave di Teseo, Milan; Contra Mundum Press, New York) and "Confessions" (with Andres Serrano - Eris Press, London). In the current year, he was appointed as the first ‘poet in residence’ of the National Roman Museum.