1. Abele Rizieri Ferrari, better known by the pen name Renzo Novatore, was an Italian individualist anarchist, illegalist and anti-fascist poet, philosopher and militant, now mostly known for his posthumously published book Toward the Creative Nothing and associated with ultra-modernist trends of futurism.
Renzo Novatore's thought was influenced by Max Stirner, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Palante, Oscar Wilde, Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Schopenhauer and Charles Baudelaire.
Renzo Novatore did not adjust to school discipline and quit in the first year, never coming back after that.
Renzo Novatore discovered Max Stirner, Errico Malatesta, Peter Kropotkin, Henrik Ibsen, and Friedrich Nietzsche, whom Novatore often quoted.
Renzo Novatore justified refusal of work and he thought, in his personal philosophy of life, that he had the right to expropriate from the rich what he needed for his daily survival, and using force wasn't a problem for him.
Renzo Novatore was drafted in 1912 but quickly discharged for unknown causes.
Renzo Novatore left his village and fled, propagating the desertion from the Army and the armed uprising against the state.
Novatore was married with two children at the time and when his younger son died in the last months of 1918, Novatore came back to his home, risking arrest only to give him a last goodbye.
Renzo Novatore was involved in an anarcho-futurist collective in La Spezia which he led to be active in the militant anti-fascist Arditi del Popolo.
Renzo Novatore was close friends with Enzo Martucci and Bruno Filippi.
Renzo Novatore wrote for many anarchist papers where he debated with other anarchists.
Renzo Novatore published a magazine, Vertice, which has been lost apart from few articles.
On June 30,1919, Renzo Novatore was hidden in a hut in the country near the city of Sarzana.
Renzo Novatore decided to go underground and in 1922 he joined the gang of the famous robber of anarchist inspiration Sante Pollastri.
Renzo Novatore was killed in an ambush by carabinieri in Teglia, near Genoa, on November 29,1922, while with Pollastro, but Pollastro managed to escape.
Renzo Novatore has received attention recently in post-left anarchy and insurrectionary anarchism as can be seen in the writings of Wolfi Landstreicher.