Michael Curtotti

Michael Curtotti has been developing his writing craft for almost two decades. For his writing and translation, through its contribution to relations between Italy and other countries, Michael has been honoured by the Italian President with the award of "Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia" (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) (2026).

In 2023, Michael published Matteo Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet A New English Translation which inspired Shakespeare's world famous play. This work is complemented by Cinthio's Desdemona: The Story that Inspired Othello published by Michael in 2025. Each of these translations is accompanied by an extensive commentary exploring the social and cultural context of the works and how they travelled from Renaissance Italy to Elizabethan England.

Michael has also translated The Dragon, the Witch and the Daughters, by the famed Sicilian writer Luigi Capuana.

Michael's first book was Ten Lives Declaring Human Rights: From Bartolome de las Casas to Martin Luther King Jr; a series of short biographies of key figures in the history of human rights which through their lives tell the story and meaning of human rights.

Most recently Michael has published a bilingual anthology of poetry of his own and other works under the title Leo's Letter and Other Poems (2026) in Italian and English.

Living in Australia, Michael is married with three children.