Giampaolo Rugarli

Giampaolo Rugarli (5 December 1932 – 2 December 2014) was an Italian novelist.

Born in Naples, after graduating in law Rugarli worked from 1955 for the bank institute Cariplo, becoming director of the Roman office of the institute in 1972. Later he was appointed head of the "Studies Office" of Cariplo, and he founded with the publisher Laterza, and directed, the journal Rivista Milanese di Economia ("Milan Journal of Economics"). His last novel Manuale di solitudine was published posthumously in March 2015.