Gennaro Schiano is a Researcher of Spanish Literature at the University of Naples Federico II. His research interests focus on popular informational genres and their relationship with cultured literature, in particular on the representation of catastrophes in the relaciones de sucesos published in the territories of the Hispanic Empire, a topic of his monograph Relatar la catástrofe en el Siglo de Oro. Entre noticia y narración (Peter Lang, 2021). He also deals with Renaissance dialogue and bucolic literature in the siglo de oro.