Biography
Francesco Carotta was born in 1946 in Veneto, Italy. Carotta studied philosophy in France and linguistics in Germany. In the 1970s he was active in the cultural-political movements in Frankfurt, Bologna and Rome, including work as author. He was associated with Radio Alice and the foundation of the newspaper die tageszeitung. In 1980 Carotta headed the Frankfurt-based Casa di Cultura Popolare as director. As executive director and publisher he supported Kore, a Freiburg publisher of feminist books and women's literature. At Kore he published preliminary findings from his research in the late 1980s. In 1999 he presented his theory on the Caesarian origins of Christianity in the book War Jesus Caesar?. Since then he has continued his research, written several articles, and supervised translations of his book. He has participated in documentary films on Caesar and Christ, given academic lectures, and reconstructed Caesar's funeral ceremony in Spain, based on the historical sources. Carotta lives in Kirchzarten near Freiburg.
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