After getting a degree in Philosophy at the Catholic University of
Milan (Italy), he did his PhD in Literature at Geneva University
(Switzerland). He has carried out activity for the Swiss National
Science Foundation and for the Swiss Italian University of Lugano.
He has been active in different fields, including political
science, school history, Italian culture, publishing essays in
magazines and book form. He writes cultural articles for different
Italian and Swiss journals and periodicals. Luca Saltini is
currently a researcher at the Canton Library of Ticino
(Switzerland), where he is in charge of the cultural activities,
the promotion of research projects and the use of the library's
archives. He has supervised over twenty exhibitions of art and
literature. His published books include: Il cantone Ticino negli
anni del "Governo di Paese" (1922-1935) [The Canton Ticino in the
years of the country government], Milan 2004; Maria Boschetti
Alberti e il mondo culturale ticinese (1900-1950) [MBA and the
Swiss Italian cultural world], Bellinzona 2004; Il viaggiatore
della parola. G.B. Angioletti (1896-1961) [The word traveler. G.B.
Angioletti] , Locarno 2007 (Winner of the Literary International
Prize Cesare Angelini of the University of Pavia).