Adolfo Padovan (Luino, 11 November 1869 - Milan, 13 July 1930) was an Italian writer. Originally from Varese, after completing his high school studies he settled in Milan where he studied astronomy, which he then abandoned to devote himself to writing literary and philosophical essays. He was the author of several volumes such as The Sovereign Creatures (1898), The Children of Glory (1900), What is genius? (1901), The man of genius as a poet (1904), The origins of genius (1909), Il Trentanovelle (1922) and many others, mostly published by Hoepli, where he collaborated for over twenty years. He also collaborated with some periodicals and magazines, such as Domenica del Corriere, and in the cinematographic field with Milano Films, where he directed, together with Francesco Bertolini and Giuseppe De Liguoro, the feature film L'Inferno of 1911. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adolfo Padovan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.