Barbara Gori is Associate Professor at the Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari (DiSLL) at the University of Padua (Italy), where she teaches Portuguese and Brazilian Literature. She translated poetry and prose, including the sonnets of Antero de Quental, all the prose work of Mário de Sá-Carneiro and the poetry of Ângelo de Lima. She is responsible for essays and books on Portuguese literature, particularly on the two Generations of Portuguese Modernity, the 1970s and Orpheu, which represent her main areas of interest. She has also published on African literature in Portuguese.