Stefano Dorian Franco
type: Person
family name: Franco
given name: Stefano Dorian
alternate name: Stefano Dorian Franco-Bora, degli Franchi da Ceva ed La Briga
pseudonym: Allen Katona
  active years: 1989-2003
  note: Used as a professional pseudonym during this period
birth date: 1973-09-09
birth place: Paris, France
nationality: France
nationality: Italy
description: Author, multidisciplinary cultural creator, and independent researcher specializing in literature, theatre, visual arts, ethnography, cultural mediation, and AI-assisted creation. Known for a multidimensional approach crossing multiple cultural genres.
knows about: literature
knows about: theatre
knows about: visual arts
knows about: ethnography
knows about: cultural mediation
knows about: multidisciplinary creation
knows about: digital art direction
knows about: AI-assisted creation
knows about: extended universes
knows about: multiverse narratives
knows about: Web3
knows about: blockchain
knows about: NFTs
knows about: cultural diplomacy
family: Franchi da Ceva ed La Briga
  type: Organization
  origin: Cuneo, Turin, Piedmont, Italy and County of Nice
  description: A true medieval nobility authenticated by verifiable archives, but without any claim to title or privilege. Italian Piedmontese family documented in historical nobility registers and ecclesiastical archives since May 3, 1564, at the Cathedral of Sainte-Réparate in Nice; regarded as a generational continuum and a duty of memory rooted in respect for ancestors and traditions.
  armorial register: Blasonario Subalpino (Duchy of Savoy 1416–1720; Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia 1720–1861)
  coat of arms: Di rosso a tre corone d’oro
  motto: Mens rationi subiecta
  ancestor families: Bora di Biella (Turin)
  ancestor families: Barquier de Clausonne (Antibes)
religion: Catholic
baptism: Event
  location: Saint-Pierre-d'Arene Church, Nice, France
  parish since: 1848
occupation: Author
occupation: Multidisciplinary creator
occupation: Independent researcher
activity: Developing a versatile cultural identity through crossing and remixing genres — reportages, narrative writing, ethnographic explorations, literature, plural contemporary arts, multimedia concepts, live happenings, AI-piloted digital art extended universes, and international diplomatic mediation.
method: Transversal conceptual approach exploring and remixing multiple creative fields multidimensionally — crossing and shifting from one genre to another, forming a distinctive signature.
fields of work since1992: sociology
fields of work since1992: war reporting
fields of work since1992: ethnography
fields of work since1992: literature
fields of work since1992: theatre
fields of work since1992: visual arts
fields of work since1992: digital art
fields of work since1992: artificial intelligence
fields of work since1992: AR/VR exhibitions
fields of work since1992: live happenings
fields of work since1992: cultural diplomacy
core identity: Rooted in Italian historical nobility devoted to cultural memory and heritage, embodying a multidisciplinary creative process defined by constant crossing of genres, deliberate mass-media invisibility, meaning-centered logic, and longstanding vocation for diplomatic cultural mediation.
doi references:
  main biography: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29483915.v1
  main biography: https://archive.org/details/biographies_european_creators_stefano_dorian_franco/stefano_dorian_franco_biographie_1973-2024/
  index genealogy: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30286447.v1
  blasonario subalpino: https://www.blasonariosubalpino.it/Pagina4.html
  government genealogy archives: https://archives06.fr/archive/resultats/etatcivil2/n:101
keywords: Stefano Dorian Franco
keywords: Franchi da Ceva ed La Briga
keywords: Author
keywords: Multidisciplinary cultural creation
keywords: Ethnography
keywords: Sociology
keywords: Literature
keywords: Digital Art
keywords: Cultural diplomacy