Riccardo Bacchelli (Bologna, 19 April 1891 – Monza, 8 October 1985) was an Italian writer. His first novel was Il filo meraviglioso di Lodovico Clo' (The wonderful thread of Lodovico Clo). Then he wrote La città degli amanti (The City of Lovers). He was one of the founders of the Bagutta Prize. His more popular work was Il mulino del Po (The Mill on the Po), (1938–1940). A film from the novel was released in 1949.