Wu Ming 4 is one of the four members of Wu Ming (extended name: 'Wu Ming Foundation'), a collective of writers based in Italy.
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Wu Ming 4 devoted many writings to J.R.R. Tolkien (including a novel entitled Stella del mattino), took part to several public inititatives in the field of Tolkien Studies, and edited an Italian critical edition of Tolkien's The Homecoming of Beorthnoth, Beorhthelm's Son.