Guido Catalano is one of Italy’s most beloved contemporary poets and performers, known for bringing poetry into everyday life through charismatic live readings. Every Time You Kiss Me, a Nazi Dies (original Italian: Ogni volta che mi baci muore un nazista), first published in 2017, after 9 years comes back with a dedicated editorial series and a loyal, cross-generational readership.

The title itself encapsulates his poetic philosophy: small acts of love, kindness and empathy can be powerful counterpoints to division and hostility, a theme that holds particular relevance in today’s global conversations and as responses to a world that, in this 9 years, seems to have lost the ability to love.

His work moves between love and loss, humour and melancholy, intimacy and social imagination. Trains, bicycles, cats, wars, parties, solitude and hope coexist in an accessible and highly visual poetic language. Love, empathy and listening are powerful gestures capable of transforming the world. At a time of increasing polarization, his poetry offers a human, contemporary and internationally resonant voice, tryng to explain why love is so frightening to bad people.

Who is Guido Catalano?

Guido Catalano was born in Turin in 1971. For years, his poetry collections and novels have traveled across Italy, their pages frequently coming to life as stage performances. Vento Forte (Strong Wind) is the series published by SEM that celebrates and reintroduces readers to his cult classics and greatest hits, beginning with Every Time You Kiss Me, a Nazi Dies.