Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) - one of the most famous Italian writers, author of more than a hundred adventure novels and short stories. Among the fans of his work are composers P. Mascagni and J. Puccini, writers W. Eco, G.G. Marquez, C. Fuentes, cult Italian film director F. Fellini. E. Salgari's narratives are distinguished by plot sharpness, rapid development of events, entertainment. On the pages of his books, he talks about the dizzying adventures of hunters on the prairies of the Wild West, about brave and proud Indians, about the struggle of the pirate freemen of the islands of the Malay archipelago with the British colonialists and their allies, about the siege of the Famagusta fortress by the Turks in Cyprus, about dangerous sea voyages, about the struggle of Cypriots for freedom and independence. The famous Salgari Corsairs trilogy of the South Seas includes the novels Corsairs of Bermuda (1909), The Thunderer's Campaign (1910) and The Extraordinary Adventures of a Corsair on Lake Champlain (1915), which had never been published in Russia before.