Carla Vistarini

Carla Vistarini (born 8 July 1948 in Rome) is an Italian lyricist, writer, playwright and scriptwriter. The daughter of actor Franco Silva and the elder sister of actress Mita Medici, she has written songs for various major Italian artists such as Mina, Ornella Vanoni, Mia Martini, Patty Pravo, Riccardo Fogli, Peppino di Capri, Loretta Goggi, Raffaella Carrà, Renato Zero. She has been artistic director of Sanremo Music Festival 1997 in trio with Giorgio Moroder and Pino Donaggio. She won the David di Donatello Award in 1995 for best scriptwriting for Nemici d'infanzia. She is the author of the TV program Pavarotti & Friends International, aired on Rai Uno from 1991 until 1998. Her novel Se ho paura prendimi per mano (If I'm scared take my hand) was published in 2014. Se ricordi il mio nome (If you remember my name) was released in January 2018. She also wrote Le ragioni della scrittura (The reasons of writing).