Antonio Pascale

Antonio Pascale, born in Naples in 1966, lived first in Caserta then in Rome, where he works and lives. He is a writer, essayist, TV author and Ministerial Inspector (Ministry of Agriculture). He edits Agrifoglio and contributes to The Morning Post, The Sheet, Science, and Mind. He writes for Republic Guides and is involved in science popularization. He has published many books and won many awards, including the Chiara Prize for “La foglia di Fico, storia di donne, uomini, alberi” (Einaudi, 2021), also a finalist for the Campiello Prize. His latest book is “Cose umane” (Einaudi, 2025).

Human Things

With his irresistible, lighthearted melancholy, Antonio Pascale traverses the distance that separates us from who we once were to measure who we are today, telling stories of aging parents, dreamy youth, loves that begin early, end badly, or never end… In short, of human things.

The other bet

The wager of Blaise Pascal, whose 400th birth anniversary falls in June 2023, was about God. Man is a tragic, hopeless being,” argued the pessimist Pascal, “so it is better to bet on the existence of God: nothing is lost and…