For over one hundred years, Ali has been engaged in promoting the spread of foreign literature in Italy and Italian literature both in Italy and throughout the world.

Ali deals with the assignment of literary, cinematographic, television, radio, electronic rights, etc. by managing a portfolio of thousands of Italian and foreign writers.

It also pay close attention to first-time writers which it chooses by means of thorough scouting.


Principal activities of Ali

Is the sole agent in Italy for numerous literary agencies and publishing houses of various countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Turkey, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Iran, India, Greece, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France

  • promotes and places the works listed in their catalogues with Italian publishers
  • conducts all negotiations for and on their behalf until the contract signing stage
  • manages contracts in the future

Is the direct and sole agent in Italy for a number of
foreign writers

  • promotes and places their works with Italian publishers
  • conducts all negotiations for and on their behalf until the contract signing stage
  • manages contracts in the future

Is the sole agent in Italy and worldwide for many Italian writers and takes care of the works before, during and after publication

  • promotes and places their works with publishers in Italy and worldwide
  • conducts all negotiations for and on behalf of those represented until the contract signing stage
  • manages contracts in the future
  • deals with all secondary rights: translation, cinematographic, television, radio, anthological, electronic, etc.

L'Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale promotes worldwide the literary rights of many of the works of Italian authors published by the publishing house Sellerio.

  • conducts negotiations until the contract signing stage
  • manages contracts in the future

Offers a chargeable appraisal service for typescripts written in Italian: fiction, essays, children's literature, ecc.