She was born in Lucca (IT) 1953 (Italian academic system: Prof. I Fascia). She taught: Italian Literature/Anthropology of Art/ Nordic Languages and Literatures at universities of: Uppsala; UICS; Salamanca; Firenze etc. Courses, seminars and conferences at universities of: Thessaloniki, Bergen, Joinville, New York, Parma, Padova, Bologna, Roma La Sapienza, Vercelli UNIPO, UCSH Santiago del Chile, Pola-Capodistria, Krakow, Paris, Saarbrücken, Tallin, Lisboa, Madeira, Milano (Univ. St., Univ. Catt.), USI Lugano, Warsawa etc. CURRENTLY: member of CEG-Universidade Aberta and Comissão Externa de Acompanhamento Científico G4 – CLEPUL -FLUL Lisboa; Lead Scientist Fondazione Dino Terra (IT); President of Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Carlo Lorenzini[– Collodi]; President of the Scientific Committee of Centro Studi Internazionale Sirio Giannini-CISESG (IT); FNCC (IT)-Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi Life Adviser. PUBLICATIONS NUMBER: 984 (articles, essays, volumes, etc.). PRIZES AND AWARDS: TolkningsPris, Swedish Academy, 2006; The Rockefeller Foundation, 1996; Carlo Collodi Special Prize, 1996.