He graduated in literature from the University of Bologna with Ezio Raimondi. He founded the Center for Contemporary Poetry at the University of Bologna. He has written several collections of poetry, published in Italy and abroad.

He has participated in international poetry festivals in many countries. Since 2014 he has been hosting, on the San Marino RTV television station, the poetry program: In che verso va il mondo. He collaborates with other radio and TV stations.

In June 2022 he became the president of the Cinisello Balsamo Museum of Contemporary Photography.

In 2023 he authored the docufilm Sacritalia (produced by Rai Documentari and directed by Francesco Castellani), in which he is also the protagonist, a journey through today’s Italy, in search of the Sacred, to intercept what is able to resist consumption and generate great things.