Piero Bianconi  Piero Bianconi (1 June 1899 in Minusio – 5 June 1984 in Minusio) was a Swiss-Italian writer and academic. He was the son of Alessandro and Margherita Rusconi and the brother of the poet Giovanni Bianconi. He graduated in Italian literature from the University of Freiburg and in 1935 received his doctorate. Between 1935 and 1936 he was reader in Italian at the University of Bern.