Vincenzo Latronico is an Italian novelist, translator and art critic born in Rome in 1984 and based in Milan. His novels include Ginnastica e Rivoluzione and Le perfezioni, the latter published in English as Perfection and shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. He has also translated works by authors such as George Orwell, Oscar Wilde and F. Scott Fitzgerald into Italian, and contributes to publications like Corriere della Sera and Internazionale.