Alberto Lecaldano, protagonist of Italian editorial graphics in recent decades and partner of the Voland publishing house, of which he had taken care of all the graphic and visual communication aspects since 2001, died on Sunday 12 May at the age of 77 in his home in Grosseto after a long illness. The funeral ceremony, in a secular form, will be held on Wednesday 15 May, at 1pm, at the Sterpeto cemetery in Grosseto. Despite his illness, Lecaldano worked almost until the end, designing the covers of the books to be released by Voland until next autumn.
Alberto Lecaldano, after a long cohabitation, had recently married the publisher Daniela Di Sora, who in December 1994 founded the Voland publishing house in Rome, which since then has offered readers high-quality foreign fiction, taking particular care of its translation, and which in more recent years has also included excellent Italian authors in its catalogue.
«This year Voland reaches the milestone of 30 years of activity and we thought we would celebrate the anniversary», Di Sora told beraking latest news. “Now we no longer have the spirit to celebrate.” Born on 17 May 1946 in Treviso, Alberto Lecaldano was involved in theatre, direction, set design and theater writing in his youth, also collaborating with director Damiano Damiani. Graphic designer since 1972, he has been involved in image design and coordination for industry, graphic design for company services, publishing, magazines and printed products. Among the founders of the magazine “Progetto graphic”, he directed it from 2003 to 2012, making it the most important Italian graphics magazine. Alberto Lecaldano taught graphics at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome and editorial graphics at the Isia of Urbino. He was the nephew of Paolo Lecaldano, one of the creators of the historic Bur series by Rizzoli.