Manlio Cancogni was born on July 6, 1916 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Giuseppe Verdi (1963), L'incantatore di serpenti, la vita senza freno di Gian Carlo Fusco (2010) and Io e... (1972). He was married to Maria Vittoria Vittori. He died on September 1, 2015 in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy.