Bianca Pitzorno

Bianca Pitzorno (; born 12 August 1942) is an Italian writer best known for her books for children and young adults. She is considered one of Italy's most important authors in that field.

During the 1970s, she was head of children's programming for RAI television. Later, she worked on the children's television series ("The blue tree").

Her books have been translated into many languages including French, German, Spanish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, Korean and Japanese.

She has translated into Italian works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Sylvia Plath, David Grossman, Tove Jansson and Soledad Cruz Guerra.

Pitzorno is a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador. She helped establish a library project in Cuba which makes literature in Italian and literature translated from Italian available to Cuban children. She also helps provide Cuban literature translated into Italian to youth in Italy. finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award

Selected works Clorofilla dal cielo blu ("Chlorophyll from a blue sky") (1974), also adapted for film La bambola dell'alchimista ("The alchemist's doll") (1988) ("Listen to my heart") (1991) ("The secret voice") (1998) Una scuola per Lavinia ("A school for Lavinia") (2005)

Works translated into English The House in the Tree, Bloomsbury USA, 2017 The littlest witch, Catnip Publishing, London 2018 Lavinia and the magic ring, Catnip Publishing, London 2018 The Seamstress of Sardinia, Text Publishing Company, Melbourne 2023.